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Assessment of Serum Calcium Level in Relation to Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson's disease

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Neurology

Abstract

Introduction; Cognitive impairment is among the most disabling features of Parkinson's disease (PD). Calcium has been postulated to play a role in PD. Aims; To evaluate the relation between serum calcium disturbances and deterioration of cognitive function in patients with PD. Methods; A case control study was conducted on 30 patients with clinically definite idiopathic PD diagnosed according to the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinson's disease and 30 healthy control subjects. The cognitive function was assessed in the participants using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) , Rey Auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT) and Visual reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale Revised (VR WMS-R).Serum calcium level was measured for all the participants. Results; The PD patients were found to have a significantly lower level of serum total and ionized calcium than control subjects (P < 0.05). The PD patients with hypocalcaemia had a significant impairment of cognitive function in comparison with PD patients with normal calcium level regarding to the scores of both groups in MoCA, RAVLT and VR WMS-R scales ( P = 0.001 in all parameters) and MMSE (P = 0.002) There were significant positive correlations between serum calcium level and PD patients' scores of MoCA, MMSE, RAVLT and VR WMS-R (P = 0.001 in all parameters). Conclusion; The disturbances of serum calcium level especially low serum calcium level could deteriorate cognitive function in PD patients.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2021.95086.2344

Keywords

Parkinson’s disease, calcium, Cognitive Function

Authors

First Name

Engy

Last Name

Emad

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Neurology Department,Faculty of Medicine,Zagazig University,Zagazig ,Egypt

Email

engyesol79@gmail.com

City

zagazig

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First Name

Amal

Last Name

ELmotayam

MiddleName

SE

Affiliation

Neurology Department, Faculty of medicine,Zagazig University

Email

amalelmotayam@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

-

First Name

Mo&#039;men

Last Name

Ghonemy

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Neurology Department,Faculty of medicine,Zagazig University,Zagazig,Egypt

Email

moghonemy302@gmail.com

City

zagazig

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-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Badawy

MiddleName

E

Affiliation

neurology department,faculty of medicine,zagazig university,Egypt

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badawyemail@yahoo.com

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Zagazig

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Volume

30

Article Issue

2

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45687

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2021-09-09

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

594

Page End

601

Print ISSN

1110-1431

Online ISSN

2357-0717

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273

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Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Assessment of Serum Calcium Level in Relation to Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson's disease

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30 Dec 2024