Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Abraham Lieberman

Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center (MAPC) at Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA

Biography

Dr Lieberman was Muhammad Ali’s neurologist and encouraged him to become the face of the fight against Parkinson’s disease. Their bond led to the founding of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow in 1997.
Dr Lieberman treated more than 40,000 patients during his 50 years as a practising neurologist and is regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on Parkinson’s disease.

Publications

Comparison of Parkinson Disease Patients Who Fell Once with Patients Who Fell More than Once (Recurrent Fallers)

Falls are a major risk for Parkinson disease patients (PD). Single falls, in older peoplemay be related to the underlying disease or may be accidental. Recurrent falls are more likely to be related to the underlying disease. We followed 401persons with PD for a year, 205 of whom, 51.0%, fell: 161 fell once and 44 fell more than once (recurrent fall... Read More»

Abraham Lieberman, Narayanan Krishnamurthi, Rohit Dhall, Naomi Salins, Pan D and Aman Deep

Research Article: J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2014, 4:140

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000140

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