Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis (IMAGE)
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1A. The patient is diagnosed with early PD soon after the onset of motor symptoms and is enrolled in a disease modifying clinical trial. The red dashed line represents the potential disease slowing that might be associated with a potential disease modifying therapy.
1B. The patient has waited to be evaluated until they need symptomatic therapy. They are no longer eligible to participate in a disease modifying clinical trial and the Golden Year has been wasted.
1C. The patient is diagnosed with early PD soon after the onset of motor symptoms but is immediately placed on symptomatic therapy. The patient is no longer eligible to participate in a disease modifying clinical trial and the Golden Year has been wasted.
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Robert A. Hauser, M.D., University of South Florida
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