Parkinson’s does not only affect the elderly: ‘We are increasingly seeing people in their forties with this disease’

The number of cases of Parkinson’s disease is increasing all over the world. More and more young people, including people in their forties and sometimes even their thirties, are getting the disease. How is that possible? Lucille Dorresteijn, neurologist at Medisch Spectrum Twente, explains the characteristics of Parkinson’s and how the disease can be treated.

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