Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in the elderly: A community‐based survey in Brazil (the Bambuí study)

MT Barbosa, P Caramelli, DP Maia… - Movement …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Several community‐based surveys on the prevalence of Parkinsonism and Parkinson's
disease have been conducted worldwide, with variations on their methodology and results …

Parkinson's disease risk factors: genetic, environmental, or both?

MF Allam, AS Del Castillo, RFC Navajas - Neurological research, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Perhaps one of the most important questions posed by the neurobiology of aging concerns
the pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently, it was suggested that …

Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson disease in urban and rural populations from Latin America: A community based study

JJ Llibre-Guerra, M Prina, AL Sosa… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Age and gender specific prevalence rates for parkinsonism and Parkinson's
disease (PD) are important to guide research, clinical practice, and public health planning; …

Parkinson's disease protects against smoking?

MF Allam, MJ Campbell, AS Del Castillo… - Behavioural …, 2004 - content.iospress.com
Our aim was to estimate the pooled risk of current and former smoking for Parkinson's
disease (PD). We have reviewed all observational studies that evaluated the association …

Caracterización de los síntomas no motores en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson

M Verdecia Aguilar, A Jacas Cabrera… - Multimed, 2022 - scielo.sld.cu
Introducción: la enfermedad de Parkinson es una de las enfermedades degenerativas más
frecuentes y se caracteriza por presentar manifestaciones clínicas no motoras. Objetivo …

Suggestive linkage to chromosome 19 in a large Cuban family with late‐onset Parkinson's disease

AM Bertoli‐Avella, JL Giroud‐Benitez… - … : Official Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The identification of disease genes using family‐based approaches has provided important
insights into the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) demonstrating the importance of …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in an urban area of Cienfuegos city

JL Argüelles, LA Borroto Bermudez… - Int J Fam Commun …, 2019 - academia.edu
Background: Numerous populations' studies have reported that Parkinson's disease is more
common in highly industrialized countries than the agricultural societies and more frequent …

Epidemiological assessment of levodopa use in Cuba: 1993–1998

G Lara, JI Cuadrado‐Gamarra… - … and drug safety, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe and evaluate the use of levodopa in Cuba
in order to provide a basis for intervention aimed at improving pharmacological treatment of …

La enfermedad de Parkinson: calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y riesgo de caídas

R Cano de la Cuerda, L Vela Desojo… - 2012 - torrossa.com
1.1. Aspectos históricos de la enfermedad de parkinson 11 1.2. Epidemiología de la
enfermedad 12 1.3. Factores de riesgo de la enfermedad de parkinson 14 1.4. Anatomía …

Caracterización clínica epidemiológica de pacientes con ataxia hereditaria en Villa Clara

LMM Hernández, MG Rodríguez… - Revista Cubana de …, 2023 - revneuro.sld.cu
Objetivo: Caracterizar clínica-epidemiológicamente los enfermos con ataxias hereditarias
en la provincia de Villa Clara. Métodos: Se efectuó un estudio descriptivo, observacional …