Long-term monitoring of the mortality trend of Huntington's disease in Austria

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-172

  Ekestern, Eva ^a   Lebhart, Gustav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Statistics Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Epidemiology; HD; Huntington's disease; Mortality; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 17644391778     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-4658-0     Document Type: Article

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