W. Rocca

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The prevalence of dementia in Europe: a collaborative study of 1980-1990 findings. Eurodem Prevalence Research Group.
To obtain age- and gender-specific estimates of the prevalence of dementia in Europe and to study differences in prevalence across countries, we pooled and re-analysed original data of prevalence… Expand
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Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in Europe: the EUROPARKINSON Collaborative Study. European Community Concerted Action on the Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease.
OBJECTIVES: To assess and compare the prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in five European populations that were surveyed with similar methodology and diagnostic criteria. METHODS:… Expand
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The Cost of Epilepsy in the United States: An Estimate from Population‐Based Clinical and Survey Data
Summary: Purpose: To provide 1995 estimates of the lifetime and annual cost of epilepsy in the United States using data from patients with epilepsy, and adjusting for the effects of comorbidities and… Expand
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An operational approach to National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association criteria for preclinical Alzheimer disease
A workgroup commissioned by the Alzheimer's Association (AA) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) recently published research criteria for preclinical Alzheimer disease (AD). We performed a… Expand
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Risk tables for parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease.
We applied the incidence rates of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease (PD) from Olmsted County, MN (1976-1990) to a hypothetical cohort undergoing the mortality rates observed in Minnesota, and… Expand
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Incidence and distribution of parkinsonism in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976–1990
Objective: Limited information is available on the frequency and distribution of parkinsonism as a syndrome. We studied the incidence of parkinsonism and its specific types among residents of Olmsted… Expand
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High-resolution whole-genome association study of Parkinson disease.
We performed a two-tiered, whole-genome association study of Parkinson disease (PD). For tier 1, we individually genotyped 198,345 uniformly spaced and informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms… Expand
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Descriptive epidemiology of epilepsy: contributions of population-based studies from Rochester, Minnesota.
Studies based on the Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage system have provided important insights into the epidemiology of epilepsy. The incidence of all convulsive disorders in… Expand
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Use of a medical records linkage system to enumerate a dynamic population over time: the Rochester epidemiology project.
The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) is a unique research infrastructure in which the medical records of virtually all persons residing in Olmsted County, Minnesota, for over 40 years have been… Expand
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Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment is higher in men
Objective: We investigated the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Olmsted County, MN, using in-person evaluations and published criteria. Methods: We evaluated an age- and… Expand
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