Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Brigham and Women's Hospital
With
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Age
21–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Age ≥ 21
UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank criteria or movement disorder specialist diagnosis of PD
Hoehn \& Yahr stage ≤ 3.0
Mini Mental State Exam score \>21 OR authorized legal guardian available to sign consent
Able to provide informed consent
Age ≥ 21
Absence of any neurological disease
No family history of a first-degree relative with PD
Mini Mental State Exam score \>21 OR authorized legal guardian available to sign consent
Able to provide informed consent
You may not be if
Acquired or inherited bleeding disorders
Hematologic malignancies
Hematocrit \< 30
Active ulcer or active colitis
Known pregnancy
Clinical contraindications to lumbar puncture (including: known mass lesion of the CNS or evidence for raised intracranial pressure on fundoscopic exam; abnormal coagulation tests; platelet count \< 50,000; subject on warfarin (coumadin), heparin, dabigatran, rivaroxiban or apixaban; subject on both aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix); infection near the LP site or spinal deformity; known allergy to lidocaine)
