Novel three-stage ascertainment method: Prevalence of PD and parkinsonism in South Tyrol, Italy

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1820-1825

  Kis, B ^a,d   Schrag, A ^f   Ben Shlomo, Y ^g   Klein, C ^e   Gasperi, A ^b   Spoegler, F ^c   Schoenhuber, R ^a   Pramstaller, P P ^a,h  

^a Regional Hospital Bozen   (Italy)

^b General Hospital Bruneck/Brunico   (Italy)

^c General Hospital Brixen/Bressanone   (Italy)

^d ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h General Hospital of Bozen   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037172834     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.12.1820     Document Type: Article

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