Parkinson's Disease Case Ascertainment in the EPIC Cohort: The NeuroEPIC4PD Study

Background/Aims: Large epidemiological prospective studies represent an important opportunity for investigating risk factors for rare diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Here we describe the procedures we used for ascertaining PD cases in the EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into...

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Published in:	Neuro-degenerative diseases Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 331 - 338
Main Authors:	Gallo, Valentina, Brayne, Carol, Forsgren, Lars, Barker, Roger A., Petersson, Jesper, Hansson, Oskar, Lindqvist, Daniel, Ruffmann, Claudio, Ishihara, Lianna, Luben, Robert, Arriola, Larraitz, Bergareche, Alberto, Gavrila, Diana, Erro, Maria Elena, Vanacore, Nicola, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas, Vermeulen, Roel, Seelen, Meinie, Sieri, Sabina, Masala, Giovanna, Ramat, Silvia, Kyrozis, Andreas, Thricopolou, Antonia, Panico, Salvatore, Mattiello, Amalia, Kaaks, Rudolf, Teucher, Birgit, Katzke, Verena, Kloss, Manja, Curry, Lisa, Calboli, Federico, Riboli, Elio, Vineis, Paolo, Middleton, Lefkos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2015
Subjects:	Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Care and treatment Case ascertainment cidence Clinical Medicine Cohort study Development and progression EPIC study Evaluation Exercise - physiology Female Health risk assessment Humans Hypokinesia - complications Hypokinesia - diagnosis Hypokinesia - epidemiology Hypokinesia - therapy Klinisk medicin Male Medical and Health Sciences Medicin och hälsovetenskap Methods Middle Aged Neurologi Neurology Original Paper Parkinson Disease - complications Parkinson Disease - diagnosis Parkinson Disease - epidemiology Parkinson Disease - therapy Parkinson's disease Prospective Studies Record linkage Risk Factors Sentinel health events Validation United Kingdom Validation EPIC study Cohort study Record linkage Case ascertainment Parkinson’s disease Incidence
ISSN:	1660-2854, 1660-2862, 1660-2862
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