Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease

Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's. PD is considered a multifactorial disorder that results, in most cases, from the combined effects of multiple risk and protective factors, including genetic and environmental ones. This review d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revue neurologique 2016-01, Vol.172 (1), p.14-26
Hauptverfasser: Elbaz, A., Carcaillon, L., Kab, S., Moisan, F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Parkinson Disease - epidemiology
Parkinson Disease - etiology
Parkinson's disease
Prevalence
Prognosis
Risk Factors
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Zusammenfassung:Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's. PD is considered a multifactorial disorder that results, in most cases, from the combined effects of multiple risk and protective factors, including genetic and environmental ones. This review discusses some of the methodological challenges involved in assessing the descriptive, prognostic and etiological epidemiological studies of PD, and summarizes their main findings.
ISSN:0035-3787
DOI:10.1016/j.neurol.2015.09.012