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Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease

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Abstract

During the last three decades, there has been an increasingly productive interest in epidemiological research into Parkinson’s disease (PD); as a result, a number of descriptive and analytical epidemiological studies have been recently completed. Although the epidemiological profile of PD is not yet fully elucidated, these studies have appreciably advanced our knowledge of the epidemiological indices and natural course of PD, and furnished some clues relating to the unknown cause of the disease.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Turku, SF-20520, Turku, Finland

    U. K. Rinne

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  1. Abteilung Neurologie, R.W.T.H., Pauwelsstraße, 5100, Aachen, Germany

    Klaus Poeck

  2. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Moorenstraße 5, 4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Freund

  3. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Heinz Gänshirt

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Marttila, R.J., Rinne, U.K. (1986). Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease. In: Poeck, K., Freund, HJ., Gänshirt, H. (eds) Neurology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70007-1_37

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