The prevalence and genetics of Parkinson's disease in sub-Saharan Africans

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 22-25

  Blanckenberg, Janine ^a   Bardien, Soraya ^a   Glanzmann, Brigitte ^a   Okubadejo, Njideka U ^b   Carr, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiology; Genetic studies; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DJ 1 PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; PARKIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PINK GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNCA GENE; TANZANIA; TOGO;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC STUDIES; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84888133400     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.09.010     Document Type: Review

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