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Parkinson’s Disease and Its Symptoms

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, and its prevalence is expected to increase with an aging population. About 0.5% of the global population have PD, with over 2 million diagnosed cases and significant number of undiagnosed ones.

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    Dinesh Kant Kumar

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  1. Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India

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  2. Biosignals lab, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Dinesh Kant Kumar

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Kumar, D.K. (2022). Parkinson’s Disease and Its Symptoms. In: Arjunan, S.P., Kumar, D.K. (eds) Techniques for Assessment of Parkinsonism for Diagnosis and Rehabilitation. Series in BioEngineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3056-9_2

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