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Prevalence and impact of COVID-19 in Parkinson's disease: evidence from a multi-center survey in Tuscany region.

Eleonora Del PreteAlessio FrancesconiGiovanni PalermoSonia MazzucchiDaniela FrosiniRiccardo MorgantiPiero ColeschiLaura Maria RaglionePaola VanniSilvia RamatAlessio NovelliAlessandro NapolitanoCarla BattistiMartina GiuntiniCarlo RossiChiara MenichettiMonica UlivelliValentino De FrancoSimone RossiUbaldo BonuccelliRoberto Ceravolonull null
Published in: Journal of neurology (2020)
A higher prevalence of COVID-19 respect to prevalence in Tuscany and Italy was found in the PD population. Hypertension and diabetes, as for general population, were identified as risk factors for COVID-19 in PD. PD patients did not experience a subjective worsening of symptoms during lockdown period and they were also favorable to telemedicine, albeit we reported a reduced availability to perform it.
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