First Two-Year Observational Exploratory Real Life Clinical Phenotyping, and Societal Impact Study of Parkinson's Disease in Emiratis and Expatriate Population of United Arab Emirates 2019-2021: The EmPark Study.
Vinod MettaHuzaifa IbrahimTom LoneyHani T S BenamerAli AlhawaiDananir AlmuhairiAbdulla Al ShamsiSneha MohanKislyn RodriguezJudith MohanMargaret O'SullivanNeha MuralidharanSheikha Al MazrooeiKhadeeja Dar MousaGuy Chung-FayeRukmini MrudulaCristian Falup-PecurariuCarmen Rodriguez BlazquezMaryam MatarRupam BorgohainKallol Ray ChaudhuriPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
Our pilot data suggest clinical phenotypic differences in presentation of PD in Emiratis population of UAE compared to expats. Worryingly, the data also show delayed treatment initiation, as well as widespread lack of knowledge of advanced therapies in the Emirati population.