Trauma and Parkinson disease

Lees, A.J.

Revue Neurologique (Paris) 153(10): 541-546

1997


ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787
PMID: 9684017
Document Number: 479803
The relationship between physical trauma and Parkinson's disease is reviewed. Post-traumatic Parkinson's syndrome may occur following cumulative head trauma in contact sports and exceptionally rarely after single severe closed head injury. It remains uncertain, however, whether physical injury should be considered one aetiological factor in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.

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