Prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease and other forms of parkinsonism in a cohort of elderly individuals in Southern Brazil: protocol for a population-based study.
Gabriela Magalhães PereiraNayron Medeiros SoaresNeide Maria BruscatoEmilio Hideyuki MoriguchiJoão SengerBerenice Maria WerleRosa Maria Martins de AlmeidaArtur Francisco Schumacher-SchuhCarlos Roberto de Mello RiederPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The study was approved by the research ethics committee of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (protocol n° 4.095.609). All participants provide their informed consent before evaluations. Findings from this survey will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and will be presented at conferences.