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William J. Weiner

Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore

Publications -  174
Citations -  17544

William J. Weiner is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Parkinsonism & Parkinson's disease. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 173 publications receiving 15322 citations. Previous affiliations of William J. Weiner include University of Maryland Medical Center.

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Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.

Christopher G. Goetz, +87 more
- 15 Nov 2008 - 
TL;DR: The combined clinimetric results of this study support the validity of the MDS‐UPDRS for rating PD.
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Variable expression of Parkinson's disease A base‐line analysis of the DAT ATOP cohort

TL;DR: The DATATOP database as discussed by the authors includes clinical information on 800 patients with early untreated Parkinson's disease (PD) and is well suited to explore clinical heterogeneity in PD patients, including Bradykinesia, and postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD).
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Non-recognition of depression and other non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.

TL;DR: During routine office visits, neurologists failed to identify the presence of depression, anxiety, and fatigue more than half of the time and failed to recognize sleep disturbance in 40% of patients.
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Pramipexole vs levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: a 4-year randomized controlled trial.

TL;DR: Initial treatment with pramipexole resulted in lower incidences of freezing, somnolence, and edema and provided for better symptomatic control, as measured by the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, compared with initial treatment with levodopa, which resulted in similar quality of life.