Autonomic dysfunction in 3414 Parkinson's disease patients enrolled in the German Network on Parkinson's disease (KNP e.V.): The effect of ageing

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1405-1408

  Wullner U ^a   Schmitz Hubsch T ^a   Antony, G ^b   Fimmers, R ^a   Spottke, A ^a   Oertel, W H ^b   Deuschl, G ^c   Klockgether, T ^a   Eggert, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Autonomic dysfunction; Gender effects; German Competence Network on Parkinson's disease (KNP e.V.); Non motor symptoms; Parkinson's disease; Patient registry

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DYSKINESIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP DISORDERS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 36248952065     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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