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Frequently Asked Questions
Genetics/Heredity
13 results
Mar 19 2009
Q:Is Parkinson's disease hereditary? Both my older sister and brother were diagnosed with Parkinson's in the last few years. Is there a test that I can take to see if I will also get the disease? I am 80 years old. My sister is 84 and my brother is 86. (LM)Show Answer
Aug 14 2008
Q:My husband is 27 and Parkinson's disease runs in his family. How early can he be tested to determine if he has PD? (anonymous)Show Answer
Aug 14 2008
Q:What is the gene number that Parkinson's disease is carried on? And what is wrong with the gene? (anonymous)Show Answer
Aug 13 2008
Q:My mother has P.D., and her health insurance has a yearly max for her perscriptions which has just been reached, which means she has to pay for 100% of all her medications. Is there any help she can receive through the Parkinson's Foundation?Show Answer
Thank you. (BL)
Aug 13 2008
Q:How is the genetic condition expressed phenotypically?Show Answer
If a single gene causes the condition, is it dominant or recessive? (anonymous)
Aug 13 2008
Q:If a man of forty has quite a severe tremor and his father died (albeit aged eighty) with Parkinson's disease, what are the chances he has it? None of the other symptoms appears. I have directed him to your site, but upShow Answer
until now he has said he would rather not know if he has or hasn't got it.
Are there tests to determine this? (anonymous)
Aug 13 2008
Q:My Father has been recently diagnosed with Parkinson's. He is only fifty. His Mother also has this disease. Is it hereditary and am I at risk?Show Answer
(anonymous)
