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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2025

'Pathology is disease' Parkinson's mythology: The 'brain-first-body-first' case study.

Alberto J Espay, Andrew J Lees

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Article in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alberto J EspayJames J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3389-136X
Andrew J LeesThe National Hospital, Queen Square and Reta Lila Weston Institute for Neurological Studies University College London, London, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID40966031
PMCPMC13347527

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