Promising First Test to Detect Parkinson’s Disease
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Often, the first signs of the disease are symptoms such as tremor in the fingers, chin or lip, loss of smell or a more rigid facial expression. Now an encouraging new test may help to diagnose Parkinson’s before those symptoms appear, when treatments might be more effective.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania report in the journal JAMA Neurology that certain proteins appearing the spinal fluid may be the key to identifying affected patients early in the disease process, long before symptoms set in. The results, which came from the five-year Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), are the first to find so-called biomarkers unique to Parkinson’s patients./.../
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2013/08/27/promising-first-test-to-detect-parkinsons-disease/#ixzz2dP5J2qUx
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