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When the motor symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD) manifest, the underlying pathological processes have already caused irreversible damage. Research breakthroughs in 2013 support the importance of diagnosing PD in the prodromal phase, suggest biomarkers that could help in identifying patients at high risk of PD, and improve upon current deep brain stimulation strategies.
