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Parkinson's disease across ethnicities: A nationwide study in New Zealand

Toni L. Pitcher,D. Myall,4 Authors,M. MacAskill

2018 · DOI: 10.1002/mds.27389
Movement Disorders · 21 Citations

TLDR

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease in the major ethnic groups in New Zealand.

Abstract

Background: New Zealand is an ethnically diverse country with a unified national prescribing system. This provides a good framework to use drug‐tracing methodology to establish the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease across different ethnic groups. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease in the major ethnic groups in New Zealand.