Infections as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease: A case-control study

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 329-332

  Vlajinac, Hristina ^a   Dzoljic, Eleonora ^a   Maksimovic, Jadranka ^a   Marinkovic, Jelena ^a   Sipetic, Sandra ^a   Kostic, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Case control study; Infectious diseases; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKENPOX; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; OCCUPATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERTUSSIS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCARLET FEVER; SPONDYLOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876382325     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.760560     Document Type: Article

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