Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease cases

CaseSexAge (years)PMIClinical histories
166M5214.5Severe, rapidly progressive PD; IDDM; CRF; depression
168F7315.523 year hx of PD; depression; cortical plaques at autopsy did not meet criteria for AD
170M7612.75TURP 11 years before death; orthostatic hypotension; no evidence of MSA at post
171M835.54 year hx of PD; hypothyroidism; silent aspiration; no evidence of AD or MSA at post
172M841012 year hx of PD (symptoms 6 years before dx); depression; no evidence of AD or MSA at post
174F8213.5Depression; discoid lupus erythematosus
175M7916.510 year hx of PD; possible chronic lymphocytic leukemia; neurogenic bladder; no AD at post
182M771537 year hx of PD; tonic-clonic seizures; visual hallucinations; focal spongiform vacuolizations
187F739.5>20 year hx of PD
203M721826 year hx of PD; s/p CABG × 5; hx of smoking
  • M, Male; F, female; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CRF, chronic renal failure; hx, history; dx, diagnosis; IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; MSA, multisystem atrophy; PMI, postmortem interval (hours); post, postmortem examination; TURP, transurethral resection of the prostate; s/p, status post.