Katerina Menšíková, John C Steele, Raymond Rosales, Carlo Colosimo, Peter Spencer, Annie Lannuzel, Yoshikazu Ugawa, Ryogen Sasaki, Santiago Giménez-Roldán, Radoslav Matej, Lucie Tuckova, Dominik Hrabos, Kristyna Kolarikova, Radek Vodicka, Radek Vrtel, Miroslav Strnad, Petr Hlustik, Pavel Otruba, Martin Prochazka, Martin Bares, Susana Boluda, Luc Buee, Gerhard Ransmayr, Petr Kaňovský
The term 'endemic parkinsonism' refers to diseases that manifest with a dominant parkinsonian syndrome, which can be typical or atypical, and are present only in a particular geographically defined location or population. Ten phenotypes of endemic parkinsonism are currently known: three in the Western Pacific region; two in the Asian-Oceanic region; one in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique; and four in Europe. Some of these disease entities seem to be disappearing over time and therefore are probably triggered by unique environmental factors...
September 8, 2023: Nature Reviews. Neurology