Early and Accurate Identification of Parkinson Disease Among US Veterans

Sneha Mantri; John E Duda; James F Morley

Early and Accurate Identification of Parkinson Disease Among US Veterans

Fed Pract. 2019 Jun;36(Suppl 4):S18-S23.

Authors

Sneha Mantri¹, John E Duda¹, James F Morley¹

Affiliation

¹ is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. is National Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC) Director and Chair of the National VA Parkinson's Disease Consortium; and is Associate Director of Research, PADRECC; both at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Duda is Associate Professor of Neurology and James Morley is Assistant Professor of Neurology, both at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

PMID: 31296979
PMCID: PMC6604980

Abstract

Early and accurate identification and management of veterans at risk for Parkinson disease is an important priority area for the US Department of Veterans Affairs because of the substantial impact on quality of life and disability-adjusted life years.