Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark)
Abstract In earlier studies, we found high age‐adjusted prevalences of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the Faroe Islands (209 per 100,000 inhabitants) and in Greenland (187.5 per 100,000 inhabitants) compared to the age‐adjusted prevalence on the island of Als in the southern part of Denmark (98.3...
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crwiley:10.1002/mds.20058 2024-06-02T08:06:23+00:00 Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) Wermuth, Lene Bünger, Nick Von Weitzel‐Mudersback, Paul Pakkenberg, Henning Jeune, Bernard Foundation for medical research of the hospitals in Ringkobing, Ribe, and Sonderjylland Counties Danish Parkinson Society Sygekassernes Health Foundation 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.20058 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fmds.20058 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mds.20058 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Movement Disorders volume 19, issue 7, page 821-824 ISSN 0885-3185 1531-8257 journal-article 2004 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.20058 2024-05-03T11:54:57Z Abstract In earlier studies, we found high age‐adjusted prevalences of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the Faroe Islands (209 per 100,000 inhabitants) and in Greenland (187.5 per 100,000 inhabitants) compared to the age‐adjusted prevalence on the island of Als in the southern part of Denmark (98.3 per 100,000 inhabitants). We thoroughly examined patients with suspected parkinsonism using internationally accepted diagnostic criteria. In the present study, we found no significant clinical differences between patients with PD in the three areas, despite this high difference in prevalence. However, comparing the age at examination and age at treatment, the patients were younger in Greenland, a higher proportion of patients had cognitive decline, and they had a higher mean Hoehn and Yahr rating score, although they received a lower levodopa dose. A higher proportion of the patients in Greenland were newly diagnosed than in the other two areas. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Greenland inuit Wiley Online Library Faroe Islands Greenland Movement Disorders 19 7 821 824 |
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Abstract In earlier studies, we found high age‐adjusted prevalences of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the Faroe Islands (209 per 100,000 inhabitants) and in Greenland (187.5 per 100,000 inhabitants) compared to the age‐adjusted prevalence on the island of Als in the southern part of Denmark (98.3 per 100,000 inhabitants). We thoroughly examined patients with suspected parkinsonism using internationally accepted diagnostic criteria. In the present study, we found no significant clinical differences between patients with PD in the three areas, despite this high difference in prevalence. However, comparing the age at examination and age at treatment, the patients were younger in Greenland, a higher proportion of patients had cognitive decline, and they had a higher mean Hoehn and Yahr rating score, although they received a lower levodopa dose. A higher proportion of the patients in Greenland were newly diagnosed than in the other two areas. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society |
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Foundation for medical research of the hospitals in Ringkobing, Ribe, and Sonderjylland Counties Danish Parkinson Society Sygekassernes Health Foundation |
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Wermuth, Lene Bünger, Nick Von Weitzel‐Mudersback, Paul Pakkenberg, Henning Jeune, Bernard Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) |
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Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) |
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Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) |
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Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) |
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Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) |
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Clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease among Inuit in Greenland and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Als (Denmark) |
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clinical characteristics of parkinson's disease among inuit in greenland and inhabitants of the faroe islands and als (denmark) |
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