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SUBMITTER: Binck S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7688665 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Binck Sylvia S Pauly Claire C Vaillant Michel M Hipp Geraldine G Gantenbein Manon M Krueger Rejko R Diederich Nico J NJ
Frontiers in neurology 20201112
<b>Background:</b> To establish the frequency of impulse control disorder (ICD) in Parkinson's disease (PD). <b>Methods:</b> Within the Luxembourg Parkinson's Study, PD patients were evaluated for ICD presence (score ≥ 1 on MDS-UPDRS I item 1.6), use of dopamine agonists (DA) and other medications. <b>Results:</b> 470 patients were enrolled. Among 217 patients without DA use, 6.9% scored positive for ICD, vs. 15.4% among 253 patients with DA use (<i>p</i> = 0.005). The regression analysis showed ...[more]