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Parkinson's Pathological Gamblers Show Similar Traits

Neil Osterweil
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. | February 13, 2007

The study was supported by NINDS. The authors had no financial disclosures.

Primary source: Archives of Neurology
Source reference: Voon V et al. "Factors Associated With Dopamine(Drug information on dopamine)rgic Drug-Related Pathological Gambling in Parkinson Disease." Arch Neurol. 2007;64:212-216

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