Progression of Parkinson's disease is associated with gut dysbiosis: Two-year follow-up study.

We previously reported gut dysbiosis in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).The aim of this study is to examine whether gut dysbiosis correlates with the progression of PD.We examined changes in gut microbiota and demographic features in 2 years in 36 PD patients.A change of total UPDRS scor...

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Main Authors: Tomomi Minato, Tetsuya Maeda, Yoshiro Fujisawa, Hirokazu Tsuji, Koji Nomoto, Kinji Ohno, Masaaki Hirayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5665539?pdf=render