title: [Parkinson's disease of Adolf Hitler and its influence in the development of World War Second].
abstract: Adolf Hitler very probably suffered from Parkinson's disease. The first symptoms of it began to appear in 1937/1938. It is likely that its appearance, and the fear that it caused regarding his survival, lead Hitler to advance his initial projects of military expansion of the great Germany beginning in 1943. Thus, the Second World War broke out in 1939, perhaps quite before the time in which Germany would be prepared. Chronic treatment carried out with opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, and strychnine may very well be related with a very abnormal judgement of the problems and absence of trust in the advice of his team. With this, he would make military decisions that would end up being ill-fated for his interests and which, after 1942, would lead to a change in the course of the war.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurologia Hospital Rio Carrión Palencia, España. agrerrerop@medynet.com
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Guerrero
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D014857:Warfare