09May

[Comment] Detection of neurodegenerative disease using olfaction

Clinical manifestations of cognitive, sensory, or motor impairment detected by a routine examination routinely serve as beacons or pointers that alert and orient neurologists to the possibility of an ongoing and often covert neurodegenerative disease process, and they subsequently assist in differential diagnosis. Many chronic neurological diseases (eg, Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's disease) are still diagnosed in the same way they were diagnosed a century ago, by carefully listening to and observing patients and their symptoms.

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20May

[Comment] A new step towards targeting tau

Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare neurodegenerative disease characterised by an axial parkins...

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20May

[Review] CSF and blood biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease

In the management of Parkinson's disease, reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers are urg...

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22Apr

Parkinson’s disease patient: ‘I can walk… it’s really helped me’

Parkinson's disease patient Gail Jardine can walk more freely after having a spinal implant fit...

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