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@ScienceofPD Do you know if the analysis considered follow up time after appendectomy, which appars crucial (appendectomy early associated with reduced PD risk at older age). Ref 17 is a conference abstract with short followup. And is this recent paper not
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Researchers at the @karolinskainst report appendectomy & potentially also tonsillectomy were associated with a lower risk of #Parkinsons. A nested case-control study included 78,650 PD patients (& 40x as many controls) on the Swedish Patient Regis
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New Research: Appendectomy, Tonsillectomy and Parkinson's Disease Risk: A Swedish Register-Based Study: Introduction: The gut-brain hypothesis proposes that Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology may start in the gut and later spread to the brain… https://t.co