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Prevalence of dystonia in Akita prefecture in Northern Japan

✍ Scribed by Masashiro Sugawara; Sumio Watanabe; Itaru Toyoshima

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 86 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20880

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We investigated the prevalence of dystonia in Akita Prefecture (population was 1,166,967 as of 1 November 2004). The prevalence of primary generalized and focal dystonia is estimated to be 0.68 and 14.4 per 100,000 persons, respectively. Blepharospasm is the most common primary dystonia in this area. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society

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