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Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry· 1992Q1

Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease: a clinico-pathological study of 100 cases.

Andrew Hughes, S. E. Daniel, Linda Kilford, Andrew J. Lees

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A clinico-pathological study of 100 Parkinson's disease diagnoses found that only 76% were accurate, with misdiagnoses including progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy. Applying stricter diagnostic criteria retrospectively improved accuracy to 82%.

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Field: Neurology (Medicine)

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