title: Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Bulgarian Gypsies.
abstract: We studied the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Gypsies and Caucasians in Bulgaria. Cases were ascertained by examination in a clinic, a screening questionnaire and a door-to-door survey in a region of Sofia, Bulgaria. The prevalence of PD in the Gypsies was found to be 16/100,000 based on 1 case compared to 137/100,000 for Caucasians with 119 cases. It is concluded that PD is rare in Bulgarian Gypsies.
authors.affiliation: University Neurological Hospital, Regional Polyclinic No. 28, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Milanov
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kmetski
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Koller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006178:Romani People / Q000235:genetics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics