Sex and Parkinson's disease: A world of difference?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787-

  Burn, David J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

EDITORIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREMOR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34547636524     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.109991     Document Type: Editorial

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