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Treatment of Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease

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Fatigue is a common, under-recognized, and poorly treated symptom in Parkinson’s disease. Not much is understood about its pathophysiology and specific treatment is still lacking. Several fatigue scales exist, but the lack of a validated definition of fatigue makes it difficult to study. Here, we present two cases of fatigue in PD patients and discuss its prevalence, diagnosis, and management.

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  1. Brown University, Department of Neurology, Providence, RI, USA

    Umer Akbar MD & Joseph H. Friedman MD

  2. Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    Umer Akbar MD

  3. Division of Movement Disorders, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    Joseph H. Friedman MD

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Correspondence to Umer Akbar MD .

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  1. The Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished, Professor in Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Stephen G. Reich

  2. Vance Lanier Chair of Neurology, Professor, Department of Neurology, Director, Jean and Paul Amos Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Stewart A. Factor

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Akbar, U., Friedman, J.H. (2019). Treatment of Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease. In: Reich, S., Factor, S. (eds) Therapy of Movement Disorders. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97897-0_18

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