The challenge of Parkinson's disease management in Africa

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Dotchin, Catherine L ^a   Msuya, O ^b   Walker, R W ^a  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Elderly; Management; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCARELDOPA; LEVODOPA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSKINESIA; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 33947384911     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl172     Document Type: Article

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