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incidence of Alzheimer's Disease
In her Personal Health column in today's New York Times, Jane
Brody states that "one in three of Parkinson's patients will
eventually develop Alzheimer's disease, a rate three times that found
in the general population of elderly people."
Is she correct? What is the research upon which she generalizes?
My impression (based entirely upon hearsay, including at least one
remark by a contributor to this list) was precisely the opposite --
that the incidence of Alzheimers among Parkinson patients was less
than the incidence among similarly aged members of society at large.
Richard H. Ullman
Richard H. Ullman
Center of International Studies
Bendheim Hall 017
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-4779
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