Scientists at Stavanger University publish research in diagnostics

Current study results from the report, 'Incidence of Parkinson's disease in Norway: the Norwegian ParkWest study,' have been published. "To present the incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Norway and to explore gender influences on incidence and age at onset, as well as severity and pattern of parkinsonism at the time of diagnosis in a representative drug naive cohort with newly diagnosed PD. In four Norwegian counties comprising a base population of 1 052 075 inhabitants, multiple sources of case ascertainment and a four step diagnostic procedure were used to establish a representative cohort of patients with incident PD at a high level of diagnostic accuracy," investigators in...

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