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| Catherine DotchinSummaryAffiliation: Tyne and Wear Country: UK Publications
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The challenge of Parkinson's disease management in AfricaC L Dotchin
Department of Medicine, North Tyneside District General Hospital, UK
Age Ageing 36:122-7. 2007..We have reviewed previous literature on PD in Africa and illustrate our personal experience of PD and its management in Africa with three cases...
The prevalence of essential tremor in rural northern TanzaniaC L Dotchin
Department of Medicine, North Tyneside District General Hospital, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79:1107-9. 2008..Estimates of the prevalence of essential tremor (ET) vary widely but there are few existing data on the prevalence of ET in sub-Saharan Africa...
The prevalence of Parkinson's disease in rural TanzaniaCatherine Dotchin
North Tyneside District General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 23:1567-672. 2008..Many PD patients in SSA may never be diagnosed or treated, with consequent reduction in their life expectancy and quality of life. With the world population ageing PD is predicted to become an increasing problem...
The prevalence of disability in older people in Hai, TanzaniaFelicity Dewhurst
Department of Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK
Age Ageing 41:517-23. 2012..The aim of this study was to accurately document the prevalence of disability in those aged 70 years and over in a community-based setting in sub-Saharan Africa...
