Co-author, Dr Alastair Noyce, a reader in neurology and neuroepidemiology at Queen Mary, elaborated.
“People see their GPs with symptoms but often don’t get a diagnosis until five to 10 years after this,” he said.
“Tremor, for example, is one of the most recognisable symptoms of Parkinson’s, but was seen 10 years before eventual diagnosis in our study.”
Dr Noyce stressed: “This is too long for patients to wait. If we’re able to diagnose Parkinson’s earlier, we have a real opportunity to intervene early and offer treatments that could improve the quality of life for patients.
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