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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2020

Perspective: Current Pitfalls in the Search for Future Treatments and Prevention of Parkinson's Disease.

Peter C Poortvliet, Karen O'Maley, Peter A Silburn, George D Mellick

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Peter C PoortvlietSchool of Environment and Science, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Karen O'MaleySchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Peter A SilburnQueensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
George D MellickSchool of Environment and Science, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We are gradually becoming aware that there is more to Parkinson's disease (PD) than meets the eye. Accumulating evidence has unveiled a disease complexity that has not (yet) been incorporated into ongoing efforts aimed at slowing, halting or reversing the course of PD, likely underlying their lack of success. There is a substantial latency between the actual onset of PD pathology and our ability to confirm diagnosis, during which accumulating structural and functional damage might be too advanced for effective modification or protection. Identification at the earliest stages of the disease course in the absence of Parkinsonism is crucial if we are to intervene when it matters most. Prognostic and therapeutic inferences can only be successful if we are able to accurately predict who is at risk for developing PD and if we can differentiate amongst the considerable clinicopathologic diversity. Biomarkers can greatly improve our identification and differentiation abilities if we are able to disentangle cause and effect.

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biomarkercomplex syndromedisease modificationParkinson's diseasepre-diagnostic period

Identifiers

PMID32733372
PMCPMC7360677

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