Parkinsonism in a population of northern Tanzania: A community-based door-to-door study in combination with a prospective hospital-based evaluation

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 799-805

  Winkler, Andrea Sylvia ^a,b   Tütüncü, Esra ^c   Trendafilova, Anna ^c   Meindl, Michael ^d   Kaaya, John ^e   Schmutzhard, Erich ^d   Kassubek, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e District General Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Community based study; Hospital based study; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TANZANIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 77954457975     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5420-z     Document Type: Article

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