RT Book, Section
A1 Marras, Connie
A1 Tanner, Caroline M.
A2 Watts, Ray L.
A2 Standaert, David G.
A2 Obeso, Jose A.
SR Print(0)
ID 55792501
T1 Chapter 10. Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease
T2 Movement Disorders, 3e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-161312-5
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55792501
RD 2024/04/19
AB Epidemiologic  investigation  plays  an  important  role  in  health  planning,  by  providing  estimates  of  disease  frequency,  including  regional  and  temporal  variations.  In  the  1950s,  Kurland  and  his  colleagues1  in  Rochester,  Minnesota,  and  Gudmundsson2  in  Iceland  provided  the  first  community-based  estimates  of  Parkinson's  disease  (PD)  prevalence,  finding  it  to  be  one  of  the  most  common  neurodegenerative  disorders  of  the  elderly.  This  chapter  reviews  the  worldwide  incidence  and  prevalence  of  PD  and  provides  the  reader  with  tools  for  interpreting  such  studies.