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Parkinson’s Disease and Future Trends in Telemedicine

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Tele-neurology is an evolving branch of telemedicine which involves the use of sophisticated equipment including high-speed Internet, telephone, and peripheral instruments to consult a patient at a different geographic location. This chapter explains the use of tele-neurology in a case of Parkinson’s disease and also summarizes the future trends in tele-neurology and telemedicine.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Tejas R. Mehta & Chinedu Obi

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Swathi Beladakere Ramaswamy

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Sachin M. Bhagavan

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Raghav Govindarajan

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Mehta, T.R., Obi, C. (2021). Parkinson’s Disease and Future Trends in Telemedicine. In: Beladakere Ramaswamy, S., Bhagavan, S.M., Govindarajan, R. (eds) Learning Teleneurology Basics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71478-9_9

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