Epidemiology of Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Nigerian profile

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-234

  Akinyemi, Rufus O ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 3; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; PARKIN;

ANXIETY; APATHY; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; ATXN3 GENE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEWY BODY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LRRK2 GENE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIGERIA; NIGERIAN; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKN GENE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPORT GROUP; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TREMOR;

EID: 84870175315     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.102586     Document Type: Editorial

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