Impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease: a cross-sectional study of 3090 patients

D Weintraub, J Koester, MN Potenza… - Archives of …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context An association between dopamine-replacement therapies and impulse control
disorders (ICDs) in Parkinson disease (PD) has been suggested in preliminary studies.
Objectives To ascertain point prevalence estimates of 4 ICDs in PD and examine their
associations with dopamine-replacement therapies and other clinical characteristics. Design
Cross-sectional study using an a priori established sampling procedure for subject
recruitment and raters blinded to PD medication status. Patients Three thousand ninety …