Prevalence of primary late-onset focal dystonia in the Belgrade population

The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of different subtypes of idiopathic focal dystonia in the population of Belgrade (Serbia), Yugoslavia. On December 31, 2001, the crude prevalence of all studied types of dystonia (focal, segmental, and multifocal) in Belgrade was 1...

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Published in:Movement disorders 2003-11, Vol.18 (11), p.1389-1392
Main Authors: Pekmezović, Tatjana, Ivanović, Nataša, Svetel, Marina, Nalić, Dragana, Smiljković, Tatjana, Raičević, Ranko, Kostić, Vladimir S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
blepharospasm
Catchment Area (Health)
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
dystonia
Dystonic Disorders - diagnosis
Dystonic Disorders - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Nervous system as a whole
Neurology
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
writer's cramp
Yugoslavia - epidemiology
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Summary:The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of different subtypes of idiopathic focal dystonia in the population of Belgrade (Serbia), Yugoslavia. On December 31, 2001, the crude prevalence of all studied types of dystonia (focal, segmental, and multifocal) in Belgrade was 13.6 per 100,000 population (11.8 per 100,000 for men and 15.2 per 100,000 for women). Type‐specific prevalence for focal dystonia was 11.2 per 100,000. The prevalence for cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, writer's cramp and laryngeal dystonia were 5.9 per 100,000, 1.9 per 100,000, 1.9 per 100,000, and 1.1 per 100,000, respectively. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society
ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.10615