Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 475-477 , August 2010

The impact of and the factors associated with drooling in Parkinson's disease

  • Joshua Leibner

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Amit Ramjit

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Laura Sedig

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Yunfeng Dai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Samuel S. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Charles Jacobson IV

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Michael S. Okun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Ramon L. Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Irene A. Malaty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Hubert H. Fernandez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Rm L3-100, McKnight Brain Institute, 100 S. Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. Tel.: +1 352 273 5550; fax: +1 352 273 5575.

Received 3 July 2009 ,Revised 30 November 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, Rober Rodnitzky.

PII: S1353-8020(09)00306-X

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.12.003

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 475-477 , August 2010

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