Multiple system atrophy in Hokkaido, Japan: a prospective registry study of natural history and symptom assessment scales followed for 5 years.

Masaaki MatsushimaIchiro YabeKen SakushimaYasuhiro KanataniNaoki NishimotoTakeshi MatsuokaJun SawadaHaruo UesugiKazuya SakoAsako TakeiAkiko TamakoshiShun ShimohamaNorihiro SatoSeiji KikuchiHidenao Sasaki

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

This study is the first large-scale prospective MSA cohort study in Asia. MSA-C was dominant, but the use of antiparkinsonian drugs increased over the study period. Changes from MSA-C to MSA-P occurred, but not vice versa.

Keyphrases

drug induced