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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54019| Title: | Prevalence and drug treatment of the parkinsonian syndrome in Malta |
| Authors: | Serracino-Inglott, Anthony Farrugia, Simone Ferrito, Mary Nancy |
| Keywords: | Symptomatic Parkinson's disease Dopa -- Physiological effect Parasympatholytic agents Acetylcholine -- Receptors |
| Issue Date: | 1992 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
| Citation: | Serracino-Inglott, A., Farrugia, S., & Ferrito, M. N. (1992). Prevalence and drug treatment of the Parkinsonian syndrome in Malta. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 3(1), 47-57. |
| Abstract: | The prevalence of the parkinsonian syndrome in Malta was determined from a retrospective study conducted on 34 patients who were suffering from the parkinsonian syndrome at a geriatric residence. A crude prevalence rate of 92.8 per 100,000 population was obtained. Idiopathic Parkinson's disease was the most common variant. A study of drug treatment showed that a longer improvement period is obtained by initiating de novo parkinsonian patients on anticholinergic drug treatment and then transferring them to L-dopa-carbidopa when disease progression renders anticholinergic drug treatment in efficacious |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54019 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPha |
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