MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

• Published in: Movement disorders Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 1600 - 1611
• Main Authors: Berg, Daniela, Postuma, Ronald B., Adler, Charles H., Bloem, Bastiaan R., Chan, Piu, Dubois, Bruno, Gasser, Thomas, Goetz, Christopher G., Halliday, Glenda, Joseph, Lawrence, Lang, Anthony E., Liepelt-Scarfone, Inga, Litvan, Irene, Marek, Kenneth, Obeso, José, Oertel, Wolfgang, Olanow, C. Warren, Poewe, Werner, Stern, Matthew, Deuschl, Günther
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: diagnosis; Humans; Movement disorders; Parkinson Disease - diagnosis; Parkinson's disease; prodromal; Prodromal Symptoms; Severity of Illness Index; Societies, Scientific - standards; diagnosis; prodromal; Parkinson's disease

ABSTRACT This article describes research criteria and probability methodology for the diagnosis of prodromal PD. Prodromal disease refers to the stage wherein early symptoms or signs of PD neurodegeneration are present, but classic clinical diagnosis based on fully evolved motor parkinsonism is not...