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parkinsonism

American  
[pahr-kin-suh-niz-uhm] / ˈpɑr kɪn səˌnɪz əm /

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George Mason, who is originally from Hinckley in Leicestershire, has vascular dementia as well as vascular parkinsonism and lives in a specialist care facility.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

A clinical trial is currently underway to do just that — so that the history of post-encephalitic parkinsonism in the years following the Spanish Flu does not repeat itself.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Boston University CTE Center says, is associated with “memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, suicidality, parkinsonism, and eventually progressive dementia.”

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020

The authors’ study provides compelling reasons to re-examine the roles of PINK1 and parkin beyond inherited forms of parkinsonism.

From Nature ● Jul. 16, 2019

He was diagnosed with vascular parkinsonism in 2007, which affected his ability to walk.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2018

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