Determinants of delayed diagnosis in Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1978-1981

  Breen, David P ^a   Evans, Jonathan R ^a   Farrell, Krista ^a   Brayne, Carol ^b   Barker, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Gender; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TREMOR;

EID: 84881552953     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-6905-3     Document Type: Article

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