Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Bulgarian Gypsies.

Abstract:

:We studied the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Gypsies and Caucasians in Bulgaria. Cases were ascertained by examination in a clinic, a screening questionnaire and a door-to-door survey in a region of Sofia, Bulgaria. The prevalence of PD in the Gypsies was found to be 16/100,000 based on 1 case compared to 137/100,000 for Caucasians with 119 cases. It is concluded that PD is rare in Bulgarian Gypsies.

journal_name

Neuroepidemiology

journal_title

Neuroepidemiology

authors

Milanov I,Kmetski TS,Lyons KE,Koller WC

doi

10.1159/000026257

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-07-01 00:00:00

pages

206-9

issue

4

eissn

0251-5350

issn

1423-0208

pii

26257

journal_volume

19

pub_type

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