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Familial influence on parkinsonism in a rural area of Turkey (Kizilcaboluk-Denizli): a community-based case-control study.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jul 2003
Duzcan Fusun, Zencir Mehmet, Ozdemir Fatma, Cetin G Ozan, Bagci Huseyin, Heutink Peter, Bonifati Vincenzo, Sahiner Turker
Abstract excerpt
This population-based study on parkinsonism in a genetically isolated community from a rural area of Turkey aimed to provide a selective evaluation of environmental and heritable risk factors. An increased prevalence of parkinsonism (4.1%) was detected in the village of Kizilcaboluk for people 65 years of age and older. This study included 36 patients with parkinsonism living in Kizilcaboluk and three times that...
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