O'Sullivan SS, Evans AH, Quinn NP, Lawrence AD, Lees AJ. Reckless generosity in Parkinson's disease.
Mov Disord 2010;
25:221-3. [PMID:
20077470 DOI:
10.1002/mds.22687]
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Abstract
There is an increasing awareness of impulsive-compulsive phenomena in patients treated for Parkinson's disease (PD). We describe another, potentially related phenomenon putatively associated with the use of dopamine agonists in 3 patients with PD, characterized by excessive and inappropriate philanthropy.
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