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- Title
Prevalence of Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes in a rural Japanese district.
- Authors
Osaki, Y.; Morita, Y.; Kuwahara, T.; Miyano, I.; Doi, Y.
- Abstract
Osaki Y, Morita Y, Kuwahara T, Miyano I, Doi Y. Prevalence of Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes in a rural Japanese district. Acta Neurol Scand: 2011: 124: 182-187. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Objectives - To investigate the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian syndromes (APS) in a rural Japanese district. Method - Collaboration with the medical institutions, the long-term care insurance system facilities, and the public health office. Results - The crude prevalence rates were 175 per 100 000 (95% CI: 143-206) for PD, 18 (8-28) for progressive supranuclear palsy, 17 (7-26) for multiple system atrophy (MSA), and 9 (2-16) for corticobasal degeneration. The age-adjusted prevalence rates were 109 per 100 000 (88-134), 10 (2-17), 13 (4-21), and 6 (0-12), for each condition. There was a preponderance of women with PD and of men with APS. Nine of the 116 PD patients and 7 of the 29 APS patients were newly diagnosed in this study. Conclusions - There are high prevalence rates for PD and APS and suboptimal recognition of APS. This is the first epidemiological prevalence study of MSA from Japan.
- Subjects
JAPAN; PARKINSON'S disease; DISEASE prevalence; PARKINSONIAN disorders; RURAL health; PROGRESSIVE supranuclear palsy; NEURODEGENERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2011, Vol 124, Issue 3, p182
- ISSN
0001-6314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01442.x