Prevalence of functional (psychogenic) parkinsonism in two Swiss movement disorders clinics and review of the literature

FRASCA POLARA, Giulia et al. Prevalence of functional (psychogenic) parkinsonism in two Swiss movement disorders clinics and review of the literature. In: Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2018, vol. 387, p. 37–45. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.022

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PID : unige:103933
DOI : 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.022
PMID : 29571869

ISSN of the journal0022-510X

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Prevalence of functional (psychogenic) parkinsonism in two Swiss movement disorders clinics and review of the literature

Functional parkinsonism (FP) is considered rare but no studies have looked at its frequency. Case series have described high rates of comorbidity with Parkinson's disease (PD), suggesting a possible association between these conditions.

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