The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for the development of hallucinations in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). A broad range of motor and nonmotor features was assessed at baseline and during the following 5 years in 386 PD patients. Cross-sectional analyses of baseline data and longitudinal analyses of follow-up data were…
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Disease-related and genetic correlates of psychotic symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
Our aim was to examine disease-related and genetic correlates of the development of psychotic symptoms in a large population of patients with Parkinson’s disease. We studied 500 patients with Parkinson’s disease from the NeuroGenetics Research Consortium using logistic regression models. Predictors were demographic, clinical (motor/nonmotor features), and genetic, measured as continuous or dichotomous variables. Continuous…
