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- Title
Possible relation of atypical parkinsonism in the French West Indies with consumption of tropical plants: a case-control study. Caribbean Parkinsonism Study Group.
- Authors
Caparros-Lefebvre, D; Elbaz, A
- Abstract
In Europe and North America, Parkinson's disease is the major form of parkinsonism; less than 4% of cases are progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and about 20% are atypical parkinsonism. The distribution of these subgroups is different in the French West Indies. We aimed to define the clinical and demographic specificity of these disorders in Guadeloupe and to investigate a postulated link with consumption of herbal tea and fruits from the Annonaceae family (Annona muricata and Annona squamosa), which contain neurotoxic benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 354, Issue 9175, p281
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(98)10166-6