Time trends in incidence of Parkinson's disease diagnosis in UK primary care

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1351-1357

  Horsfall, Laura ^a   Petersen, Irene ^a   Walters, Kate ^a   Schrag, Anette ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Databases; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Incidence study; Parkinson disease; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; POPULATION GROUP; TRENDS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION GROUPS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891478127     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6804-z     Document Type: Article

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