The impact of depression on survival of Parkinson's disease patients: a five-year study

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the survival rate in a cohort of Parkinson's disease patients with and without depression. METHODS: A total of 53 Parkinson's disease subjects were followed up from 2003-2008 and 21 were diagnosed as depressed. Mean time of follow up was 3.8...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Débora Silberman, Cláudia Soares Rodrigues, Eliasz Engelhardt, Jerson Laks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2013-01-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852013000100002&lng=en&tlng=en