Prevalence of progressive supranuclear palsy in Yonago, Japan

There have been few reports of the prevalence of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP): the present study examines its prevalence in Japan and compares the findings with those in Europe and the United States. The prevalence per 100,000 was 5.82 (men, 9.14; women, 2.75), and the 95% confidence interva...

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Published in:Movement disorders 2004-10, Vol.19 (10), p.1239-1240
Main Authors: Kawashima, Mika, Miyake, Masahiro, Kusumi, Masayoshi, Adachi, Yoshiki, Nakashima, Kenji
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Catchment Area (Health)
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
epidemiology
Female
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Multiple sclerosis and variants. Guillain barré syndrome and other inflammatory polyneuropathies. Leukoencephalitis
Neurology
Prevalence
progressive supranuclear palsy
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive - epidemiology
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive - ethnology
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Summary:There have been few reports of the prevalence of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP): the present study examines its prevalence in Japan and compares the findings with those in Europe and the United States. The prevalence per 100,000 was 5.82 (men, 9.14; women, 2.75), and the 95% confidence interval was 1.78 to 9.86 (men, 1.82–16.47; women, −1.08–6.65). Our data were comparable to those of studies in Europe and the United States. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society
ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.20149