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Prospective prevalence of pathologic gambling and medication association in Parkinson disease.

Voon V, Hassan K, Zurowski M, Duff-Canning S, de Souza M, Fox S, Lang AE, Miyasaki J

Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1428, USA. voonv@ninds.nih.gov

The authors prospectively screened 297 patients with Parkinson disease (PD), who attended a tertiary clinic, using a modified South Oaks Gambling Scale. Lifetime prevalence of pathologic gambling (PG) was 3.4% and on any dopamine agonist was 7.2%. PG was associated with earlier PD onset and with dopamine agonists but not with agonist subtype or doses. We found no association with a potent D3 receptor agonist.

Published 13 June 2006 in Neurology, 66(11): 1750-2.
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