A two-fold difference in the age-adjusted prevalences of Parkinson's disease between the island of Als and the Faroe Islands

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 655-660

  Wermuth, Lene ^a,c   Von Weitzel Mudersbach, P ^a   Jeune, B ^b  

^a Anæstesiologisk Center   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Sonderborg Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age and gender specific prevalences; Age adjusted; Diagnostic classification; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0034477095     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2000.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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