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New guidelines for diagnosis of Parkinson disease

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At least 10% of diagnoses of Parkinson disease that are made while the patient is alive are not confirmed at autopsy. To help address this issue, the European Federation of Neurology and the Movement Disorder Society European Section have provided evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease.

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E. Tolosa is the Principal Investigator of Grant PI041639 from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Disease.

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E. Tolosa has been a consultant to Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, UCB, GSK, Teva and Lundbeck. He has received honoraria for speaking from Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, UCB, Solvay, Teva and Lundbeck. M. J. Martí declares no competing interests.

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Martí, M., Tolosa, E. New guidelines for diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Nat Rev Neurol 9, 190–191 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2013.47

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