Mental health care use in Parkinson's disease: a record linkage study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the knowledge of stroke in the general public in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. BACKGROUND:The Arabian Gulf is a rapidly developing part of the world with major changes in the lifestyle that can increase the risk of stroke. To design effective stroke treatment and prevention strategi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kamran S,Bener AB,Deleu D,Khoja W,Jumma M,Al Shubali A,Inshashi J,Sharouqi I,Al Khabouri J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known regarding the pathogenetic factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We studied 63 AD patients in order to evaluate if there were clinical subtypes of AD and whether prior illnesses and life-styles were involved in the development of the disease. In our patients selected for onset of symptoms before age 65...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Ferini-Strambi L,Smirne S,Garancini P,Pinto P,Franceschi M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate how the natural history of multiple sclerosis (MS) had changed over a 15-year period. We compared disability and mortality in a cohort of 83 MS patients hospitalised in the Neurological Institute of Pavia, northern Italy, from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 1991, with a similar c...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Bergamaschi R,Montomoli C,Candeloro E,Fratti C,Citterio A,Cosi V

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the relationship between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and cigarette smoking in a case-control study conducted in New England from 1993 to 1996. Recently diagnosed ALS cases (n = 109) were recruited from two major referral centers. Population controls (n = 256) were identified by random telephone scr...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kamel F,Umbach DM,Munsat TL,Shefner JM,Sandler DP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The black Caribbean population continues to grow in the US and little is known about stroke etiologies in that community. We examined stroke subtypes in 175 consecutive Haitian-born patients living in Miami, admitted for acute stroke. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 72%. Small vessel occlusion was the most frequent s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Koch S,Pabon D,Rabinstein AA,Chirinos J,Romano JG,Forteza A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neuroepidemiologic research, there are many pitfalls to trap unwary investigators, whether the project is a survey, a case-control study, or some other type of study. We briefly discuss pitfalls relating to: research preliminaries (e.g., failure to decide on study objectives); personnel and training (e.g., deficien...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Anderson DW,Rocca WA,Rosário JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are age-related degenerative disorders that share common clinical, pathological and biochemical features. Epidemiological studies demonstrate a similar distribution of the disease in place and time. Causes of death and populations at higher risk are similar. These findings suggest ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Treves TA,Chandra V,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lifespan is 6-10 years shorter in multiple sclerosis (MS), but the reasons remain unclear. Using linked clinical- and population-based administrative health databases, we compared cause-specific mortality in an MS cohort to the general population. METHODS:MS patients in British Columbia (BC), Canada, were f...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kingwell E,Zhu F,Evans C,Duggan T,Oger J,Tremlett H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we studied the effect of population ancestry on the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in US veterans of World War II, comparing by state 1980 US census ancestry data with MS case/control ratios. Here, the joint effects of population ancestry and surname-derived ethnicity on MS risk are examined in the same s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Page WF,Mack TM,Kurtzke JF,Murphy FM,Norman JE Jr

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy for assessing the clinical importance of statistically significant treatment benefits in recent dementia drug trials is proposed. Traditional criteria for the assessment of valid inferences are helpful: the more likely the treatment effects are valid, the greater the chance that they will be clinically impo...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Rockwood K,MacKnight C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repetitive head trauma is an identified risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The violence in wife assault is repetitive and targets the head. This association provides a rationale for studying the relationship between spousal abuse and AD. DESIGN:To preliminarily evaluate the possibility of an increase...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Leung FH,Thompson K,Weaver DF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic association studies conducted in admixed populations may be confounded by population stratification resulting in spurious associations. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the presence and effect of population stratification in a case-control study of brain arteriovenous malformation (BA...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kim H,Hysi PG,Pawlikowska L,Choudhry S,González Burchard E,Kwok PY,Sidney S,McCulloch CE,Young WL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography allows the non-invasive assessment of cerebral haemodynamics. Data on the frequency distribution of these parameters in the oldest old are scarce, which makes a distinction between physiological and pathophysiological ageing difficult. We studied the relation between cerebral haemo...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Bakker SL,de Leeuw FE,den Heijer T,Koudstaal PJ,Hofman A,Breteler MM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine the accuracy of the iScore for predicting mortality and early disability following ischemic stroke in a French population-based study. METHODS:All patients with acute ischemic stroke were identified among residents of the city of Dijon, France, between 2006 and 2011, using a population...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Béjot Y,Jacquin A,Daubail B,Durier J,Giroud M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher education is associated with a lower risk of dementia, possibly because of a higher tolerance to subclinical neurodegenerative pathology. Whether higher education also protects against dementia after clinical stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) remains unknown. METHODS:Within the population-bas...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Mirza SS,Portegies ML,Wolters FJ,Hofman A,Koudstaal PJ,Tiemeier H,Ikram MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of oophorectomy on brain aging remain uncertain. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study with long-term follow-up of women in Olmsted County, Minn., USA, who underwent either unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy before the onset of menopause from 1950 through 1987. Each member of the oophorectomy co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Rivera CM,Grossardt BR,Rhodes DJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on dyskinesia and Parkinson's syndrome associated with chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been mainly limited to case reports or case series studies. This population-based study investigated the risk of Parkinson's disease in patients with ESRD. METHODS:From a universal in...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wang IK,Lin CL,Wu YY,Chou CY,Lin SY,Liu JH,Yen TH,Huang CC,Sung FC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence rates of primary nervous system neoplasms in 5 districts (large administrative units) of Western Poland with a relatively homogeneous health care system but some contrasts in economic activity, as well as in 224 communes (smallest administrative units) located within these 5 districts, with a total popul...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wender M,Pruchnik-Grabowska D,Kowal P,Tokarz E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological study was performed with respect to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a designated area in Japan. The subjects were observed in a small rural prefecture where the population generally remains within a limited radius throughout their lives. The patients' life-styles in each area were investigated in detai...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Akai J,Ishihara O,Higuchi S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Parkinson's disease (PD) patients treated with levodopa develop motor fluctuations and/or dyskinesia. This large, retrospective study was conducted to compare the prevalence and treatment of dyskinesia in PD patients in seven countries. A total of 380 physicians were interviewed and completed patient record forms...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Woitalla D,Mueller T,Russ H,Hock K,Haeger DA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders that primarily affect the peripheral nervous system. Epidemiological studies of CMT have not yet been performed in Korea. OBJECTIVES:This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of CMT in Korea and the ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Park HJ,Choi YC,Oh JW,Yi SW

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report anticipation in an extensive sample of myotonic dystrophy (MyD) kindreds taken from an epidemiological survey recently conducted in Guipúzcoa, Spain. Analysis of the parent-child pairs ascertained showed a mean anticipation of 2.86 decades (range 0-6). Greater anticipation occurred when the transmissor paren...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： López de Munain A,Blanco A,Emparanza JI,Martí Massó JF,Cobo A,Basauri B,Martorell L,Baiget M,Martínez Lage JM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transversal studies have underlined the association between the decline in autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and all-cause mortality. However, the predictive value of ANS has never been prospectively assessed in a general population-based cohort. METHOD:The PROOF (PROgnostic indicator OF cardiovascula...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Barthélémy JC,Pichot V,Dauphinot V,Celle S,Laurent B,Garcin A,Maudoux D,Kerleroux J,Lacour JR,Kossovsky M,Gaspoz JM,Roche F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends of multiple sclerosis mortality in Spain from 1951 to 1997 are examined. Age-adjusted mortality strongly decreased from 3.08 per 100,000 women in 1951-1967 to 0.59 in 1968-1980 (similar figures were obtained for men). This decrease seems to be due to an artifact produced by changes in codification of causes of ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Llorca J,Guerrero-Alonso P,Prieto-Salceda D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results of analytical studies show that the association between hypertension and the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) remains controversial. METHOD:We searched studies related to the association between hypertension and the risk of PD. We pooled the ORs and risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence interval...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Chen J,Zhang C,Wu Y,Zhang D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that oxidative stress is involved in cerebral aging and dementia. The objective of this review is to give a progress report on the more recent results of the various epidemiologic cohorts studied for the association between nutrition of older people, the evolution of cognitive performances...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Deschamps V,Barberger-Gateau P,Peuchant E,Orgogozo JM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing a valid and sensitive measure of different domains of cognitive performance in epidemiologic studies of early old-age populations presents a methodological challenge, given the broad range of variability in cognitive functioning in this age group. OBJECTIVES:(1) To provide data on the distribution...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wege N,Dlugaj M,Siegrist J,Dragano N,Erbel R,Jöckel KH,Moebus S,Weimar C,Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigative Group.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a case-control method, we studied the role of environmental risk factors and viral infection in the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) in China. Ninety-three PD patients and 186 controls were investigated with a questionnaire and from most of them, blood was taken to test the antibody levels of four virus (...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wang WZ,Fang XH,Cheng XM,Jiang DH,Lin ZJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Results of recently conducted prospective studies have demonstrated that the presence of high titers of anti-EBNA-1 or anti-EBNA complex IgG antibodies in healthy individuals is a strong risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Antibodies to BZLF1, the product of the homonymous early lytic gene, have be...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Massa J,Munger KL,O'Reilly EJ,Falk KI,Ascherio A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the study is to investigate the epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) in Taiwan. METHODS:Cases of CJD and MS were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database from January 2000 to December 2005. Age- and sex-specific incidences of these...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lai CH,Tseng HF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00