PARKINSONS AND ALZHEIMERS DISEASES - EPIDEMIOLOGIC COMPARISON .1. DESCRIPTIVE ASPECTS

Authors
TREVES TA CHANDRA V KORCZYN AD
Citation
Ta. Treves et al., PARKINSONS AND ALZHEIMERS DISEASES - EPIDEMIOLOGIC COMPARISON .1. DESCRIPTIVE ASPECTS, Neuroepidemiology, 12(6), 1993, pp. 336-344
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuroepidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02515350
Volume
12
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
336 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0251-5350(1993)12:6<336:PAAD-E>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Parkinson's (PD] and Alzheimer's (AD) diseases are age-related degener ative disorders that share common clinical, pathological and biochemic al features. Epidemiological studies show similiar age-specific incide nce and prevalence curves, although PD tends to occur at earlier ages and, at old age, AD is more frequent. Both diseases are more common in western than in Mediterranean or Asiatic populations. These findings suggest that these diseases may have common determinants.