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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Munoz, M
• Boutros-Toni, F
• Preux, P M
• Chartier, J P
• Ndzanga, E
• Boa, F
• Cruz, M E
• Vallat, J M
• Dumas, M

Titel

Prevalence of neurological disorders in Haute-Vienne department (Limousin region-France)

Ist Teil von

• Neuroepidemiology, 1995, Vol.14 (4), p.193

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Limousin region had at present one of the largest elderly populations in France and in Europe. To determine the frequency of certain neurological disorders in the elderly, a neuroepidemiological survey was conducted in 1986-1987 on a representative sample of the population in Haute-Vienne (the most population-dense department in the Limousin region). This study used a WHO protocol which was first introduced at the beginning of the 1980s. It had been previously tested in France on a pilot population in 1984. The prevalences of the principal neurological disorders encountered per 100,000 inhabitants were as follows: nonmigraine headache 5,059, migraine 4,270, epilepsy 788, completed stroke 1,445, transient ischemic attacks 657, neuropathy 1,642, Parkinson's disease 328, and dementia 197.