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October 28, 1993Neuroepidemiology331 citations

Worldwide Occurrence of Parkinson's Disease: An Updated Review

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ZZZhenxin ZhangGRGustavo C. Román

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Review compares prevalence of Parkinson's disease across various regions, suggesting differing environmental factors.

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate and compare the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease in different global regions.
  • Adjusted available data to a single standard population.
  • Calculated age-adjusted rates for 27 regional populations.
  • Analyzed PD frequency from 45 communities.
  • Excluding China, Japan, and Africa, the actual prevalence variation for PD is likely lower than previously reported.
  • Geographic variation is not solely due to racial factors.
  • Environmental risk factors for PD appear to vary across different regions.

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Zhang et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a06a56a85d51e7cc7582324https://doi.org/10.1159/000110318
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