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Prevalence of primary late‐onset focal dystonia in the Belgrade population
Author(s) -
Pekmezović Tatjana,
Ivanović Nataša,
Svetel Marina,
Nalić Dragana,
Smiljković Tatjana,
Raičević Ranko,
Kostić Vladimir S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10615
Subject(s) - dystonia , focal dystonia , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , population , neurological disorder , age of onset , pediatrics , central nervous system disease , psychiatry , surgery , environmental health , disease
Abstract The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of different subtypes of idiopathic focal dystonia in the population of Belgrade (Serbia), Yugoslavia. On December 31, 2001, the crude prevalence of all studied types of dystonia (focal, segmental, and multifocal) in Belgrade was 13.6 per 100,000 population (11.8 per 100,000 for men and 15.2 per 100,000 for women). Type‐specific prevalence for focal dystonia was 11.2 per 100,000. The prevalence for cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, writer's cramp and laryngeal dystonia were 5.9 per 100,000, 1.9 per 100,000, 1.9 per 100,000, and 1.1 per 100,000, respectively. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society