Cases of dementia and Parkinson’s misdiagnosed as ‘imposter’ disease

Thousands of Canadians who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia may actually have a rare “impostor” syndrome that can be reversed with surgery, and a new clinic in Toronto is hoping to identify and treat those patients.

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2 comments

  1. Very Humbling stuff no doubt. Glad Western General is fixated on efforting towards optimistic cures.
    They are some of our finest world class heroes. I love them for all they do.

  2. Incurable disease diagnosis should trigger a structured differential diagnosis process immediately.
    With a central database like Wikipedia. Read by any one but can only be written/edited by researchers.

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