Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Junin, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-205

  Melcon, Mario O ^a   Anderson, Dallas W ^b   Vergara, Rodolfo H ^c   Rocca, Walter A ^d  

^a Regional Hospital   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c Sanitary District III ^*  (Argentina)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonism; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030942305     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120210     Document Type: Article

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