Autism spectrum disorder is tied to an increased risk for Parkinson disease, even after adjusting for depression and antipsychotic/antidepressant use.

Parkinson's disease in this cohort was very rare: 438 of 2.2 million people without autism (0.02%) had a Parkinson's diagnosis, compared with 24 of 51,954 people with autism (0.05%).

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People with an autism diagnosis are at a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease early in life, a large-scale study from Karolinska Institutet published in JAMA Neurology reports. The ...

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked to a fourfold increased risk for early-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD), results from the largest, population-based cohort study of its kind to date showed.

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A large-scale study from Karolinska Institutet has found that individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease before the ...

Parkinson's disease in this cohort was very rare: 438 of 2.2 million people without autism (0.02%) had a Parkinson's diagnosis, compared with 24 of 51,954 people with autism (0.05%).

People with an autism diagnosis are at a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease early in life, a large-scale study from Karolinska Institutet published in JAMA Neurology reports. The ...