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Wiley, Movement Disorders, 12(28), p. 1622-1627, 2013

DOI: 10.1002/mds.25544

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Functional (psychogenic) symptoms in Parkinson's disease

Journal article published in 2013 by Isabel Pareés, Ta Saifee, Maja Kojovic, Panagiotis Kassavetis, Ignacio Rubio-Agusti, Anna Sadnicka, Kp Bhatia ORCID, Mj Edwards ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

It has been reported that patients who have Parkinson's disease have a high prevalence of somatisation (functional neurological symptoms) compared with patients who have other neurodegenerative conditions. Numerous explanations have been advanced for this phenomenon. Here, with illustrative cases, we discuss this topic, including its clinical importance, and suggest a link between the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease and the proposed propensity to develop functional symptoms. © 2013 Movement Disorder Society.