Welcome to the blog for the PREDICT-PD project. We are working to understand the risk factors for Parkinson's Disease and blogging about advances made in prediction and early detection of the disease.
Gerlach M, Maetzler W, Broich K, Hampel H, Rems L, Reum T, Riederer P, Stöffler A, Streffer J, Berg D.
J Neural Transm. 2011 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print]
"Biomarkers are biological markers that can be objectively measured to monitor normal physiological processes, pathological/disease processes and responses to drug treatment. This article reviews candidate biomarkers for Parkinson's disease that may help us monitor disease progression, but most importantly could be used to measure response to new drug treatments"
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