About this trial
* The aim of the current study is to investigate the association between blood homocysteine level and motor as well as cognitive manifestation of PD patients in Assiut governorate. * Secondary goal is to investigate the association between levels of serum ferritin, iron as well as acute phase proteins (fibrinogen, D-dimer, CRP) and manifestation of PD.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
1-Inpatients or outpatients from the clinic of movement disorders of neuropsychiatry hospital of Assiut university 2-The age group of the patients is those above 40 years
Disqualifiers
1-Secondary parkinsonism associated with specific causes such as infections, medication-induced, poisoning, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and trauma 2-Parkinsonism accompanied by other neurodegenerative disease ( specifically multiple syste atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and dementia with Lewy bodies).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed