Estimated life expectancy of Parkinson’s patients compared with the UK population

Objective:To calculate the best possible estimates for age specific life expectancy (LE) and anticipated age at the time of death (AAD) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) compared with the general population in the UK. These may be of greater value to patients than standardised mortality rati...

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Published in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 78; no. 12; pp. 1304 - 1309
Main Authors:	Ishihara, Lianna S, Cheesbrough, Anne, Brayne, Carol, Schrag, Anette
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.12.2007 BMJ BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group
Subjects:	Adult Age Distribution Age groups Age of Onset Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Dopamine Agonists - therapeutic use Estimates European studies Female Humans Levodopa - therapeutic use Life Expectancy Male Medical prognosis Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Multiple sclerosis and variants. Guillain barré syndrome and other inflammatory polyneuropathies. Leukoencephalitis Neurology Parkinson Disease - diagnosis Parkinson Disease - drug therapy Parkinson Disease - mortality Parkinson's disease Population Predictive Value of Tests Sex Distribution United Kingdom - epidemiology England Italy United Kingdom > UK France Wales Human Nervous system diseases
ISSN:	0022-3050, 1468-330X, 1468-330X
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