What is it about?
Hereditary is one of the key risk factors of the Parkinson’s disease (PD) and children of individuals with the Parkinson’s carry a two-fold risk for the disease. We estimate chance of developing the Parkinson’s disease for a given individual in five types of families. That is, families with negative history of the PD (I), families with positive history where neither one of the parents (II), one of the parents (III-IV), or both parents (V) are diagnosed with the disease.
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Why is it important?
It is extremely important knowing such probabilities as the individual can take precautionary measures to defy the odds.
Perspectives
While many physicians have provided medical opinions on chance of developing the PD, our study is one of the first to provide statistical analysis with real data to support the conclusions.
Dr. Abolfazl Saghafi
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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This page is a summary of: On Heredity Factors of Parkinson’s Disease: A Parametric and Bayesian Analysis, Advances in Parkinson s Disease, January 2018, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,,
DOI: 10.4236/apd.2018.73004.
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