Identifying incident cases of parkinsonism among veterans using a tertiary medical center

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 915-923

  White, Donna ^a   Moore, Suzanne ^a   Waring, Stephen ^b   Cook, Karon ^c   Lai, Eugene ^a,d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD 9 CM; Incidence; Parkinson's disease; Secondary; Veterans; Vital status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34347266947     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21353     Document Type: Article

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