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Overview: Parkinson disease (Parkinson's disease, PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with a loss of dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons. It is named after James Parkinson, the English physician who described the shaking palsy in 1817. Parkinson disease ...

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