Parkinson's disease

LV Kalia, AE Lang - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder with evolving layers of complexity. It has long
been characterised by the classical motor features of parkinsonism associated with Lewy …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of Parkinson's disease in lower to upper-middle-income countries

GM Pereira, D Teixeira-dos-Santos, NM Soares… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that is a growing public
health challenge. Estimates of the burden of PD have focused on data from high-income …

Characterizing the genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease in Latinos

DP Loesch, ARVR Horimoto, K Heilbron… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This work was undertaken in order to identify Parkinson's disease (PD) risk
variants in a Latino cohort, to describe the overlap in the genetic architecture of PD in …

Parkinson's disease prevalence, age distribution and staging in Colombia

JL Orozco, JA Valderrama-Chaparro… - Neurology …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parkinson's disease (PD) has the second highest prevalence among neurodege-nerative
diseases. In Colombia, PD population dynamics are currently unknown. Health records offer …

Prevalence and Incidence of Parkinson's Disease in Latin America: A Meta‐Analysis

DJ Kim, AL Isidro‐Pérez, M Doering… - Movement …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a rapidly growing neurodegenerative disorder, but
up‐to‐date epidemiological data are lacking in Latin America. We sought to estimate the …

Variations in incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Taiwan: A population‐based nationwide study

CC Liu, CY Li, PC Lee, Y Sun - Parkinson's Disease, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Demographic, socioeconomic, and urbanization level variations in Parkinson's disease (PD)
are rarely investigated, especially in Asia. This study describes an eight‐year trend in PD …

Prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease and drug-induced parkinsonism in Korea

S Han, S Kim, H Kim, HW Shin, KS Na, HS Suh - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) and drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) are the major
diseases of parkinsonism. To better understand parkinsonism, we aimed to assess the …

Could Mucuna pruriens be the answer to Parkinson's disease management in sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income countries worldwide?

N Fothergill-Misbah, H Maroo, M Cham… - Parkinsonism & Related …, 2020 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive, disabling, neurodegenerative disease that
requires long term care and pharmaceutical treatment. Levodopa remains the gold standard …

Incidence rates of Parkinson's disease in Mexico: Analysis of 2014-2017 statistics

M Rodríguez-Violante, L Velásquez-Pérez… - Revista mexicana de …, 2019 - medigraphic.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate and analyze the incidence and
incidence rates of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Mexico. Methods: Data on new cases of PD …

Average annual cost of Parkinson's disease in São Paulo, Brazil, with a focus on disease-related motor symptoms

TM Bovolenta, SMC de Azevedo Silva… - … interventions in aging, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Although Parkinson's disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative
disease worldwide, its cost in Brazil–South America's largest country–is unknown. Objective …