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Epidemiology of progressive supranuclear palsy. ESGAP Consortium. European Study Group on Atypical Parkinsonisms.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Feb 2001
Vanacore N, Bonifati V, Colosimo C, Fabbrini G, De Michele G, Marconi R, Nicholl D, Locuratolo N, Romano S, Talarico G, Stocchi F, Bonuccelli U, Lamberti P, Vieregge P, Meco G
Abstract excerpt
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare form of parkinsonism. The incidence rates are about 0.3-1.1 cases per 100,000 persons. The only two case-control studies performed up to now show conflictual results as regards education and residence in rural areas. Recently, a cluster of PSP and atypical parkinsonism has been observed in French Antilles. The hypothesis is that a consumption of both tropical fruit...
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