Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is Associated with further Increased Parkinson's Disease Risk in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury.
Donna L WhiteMark E KunikHong YuHelen L LinPeter A RichardsonSuzanne MooreAliya I SarwarLaura MarshRicardo E JorgePublished in: Annals of neurology (2020)
Our study was the first to demonstrate that both TBI and PTSD are independently associated with increased relative PD risk in a diverse nationwide cohort of military service veterans, and the first to suggest a potential modest synergistic excess risk in those with comorbid TBI/PTSD. Longitudinal research is needed to confirm these suggestive findings. ANN NEUROL 2020 ANN NEUROL 2020;88:33-41.