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Epidemiologic approaches to the study of Parkinson's disease etiology.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 May 1999
Checkoway H, Nelson L M
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The etiology of Parkinson's disease has been enigmatic to clinicians, epidemiologists, and basic scientists since the clinical syndrome was first described in 1817. Mendelian inheritance probably accounts for a small proportion of Parkinson's disease. Apart from an increasing risk with age, the most consistent epidemiologic observation has been an inverse relation with cigarette smoking. Neither selective...
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