Longitudinal clinical, cognitive, and neuroanatomical changes over 5 years in GBA-positive Parkinson's disease patients.
Michela LeocadiElisa CanuGiulia DonzusoTanja StojkovicSilvia BasaiaNikola KresojevićIva StankovicElisabetta SarassoNoemi PiramideAleksandra TomicVladana MarkovicIgor PetrovicElka StefanovaVladimir S KosticMassimo FilippiFederica AgostaPublished in: Journal of neurology (2021)
Compared to GBA-negative PD, GBA-positive patients experienced a more rapid motor and cognitive decline together with a greater, earlier and faster cortical thinning. Cortical thickness measures may be a useful tool for monitoring and predicting PD progression in accordance with the genetic background.