Appendectomy may delay Parkinson's disease Onset

Movement Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1404-1407

  Mendes, Alexandre ^a,b   Gonçalves, Alexandra ^a,b   Vila Chã, Nuno ^a,b   Moreira, Inês ^b   Fernandes, Joana ^b   Damásio, Joana ^a   Teixeira Pinto, Armando ^c,d   Taipa, Ricardo ^a   Lima, António Bastos ^a   Cavaco, Sara ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Disease onset; Parkinson's disease; Vermiform appendix; synuclein

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; LEVODOPA; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; APPENDIX; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84941042496     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.26311     Document Type: Article

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