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Original Research

Predictors of caregivers’ burden of Parkinson’s disease in India: experience of a tertiary care center in India

Vikas Agrawal1 Department of Neurology, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Vinay Goyal2 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Garima Shukla2 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
&
Madhuri Behari2 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Pages 59-65 | Published online: 06 Nov 2012

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