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Jan 2020
12m 29s

Parkinson's Disease

THOMAS WATCHMAN
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In this episode I cover Parkinson's disease. If you want to follow along with written notes on Parkinson's disease go to https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/neurology/parkinsons/ or the neurology section in the Zero to Finals medicine book. This episode covers pathophysiology, presentation, investigations, diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease. Th ... Show More
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