Open AccessCo-occurrence of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease
Author(s) -
Vahid Shaygannejad,
Maryam Shirmardi,
Leila Dehghani,
Helia Maghzi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9175
DOI - 10.4103/2277-9175.180993
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , medicine , disease , parkinson's disease , central nervous system , pediatrics , immunology
Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with the highest prevalence in adults over 60 years of age On the other hand multiple sclerosis (MS), which mostly affects individuals between 20 and 40 years of age, is another neurodegenerative and autoimmune disease of the CNS, however, less common than PD. Here we aim to report the case of a 39-year-old woman, who developed PD 18 years after diagnosis of MS