Burden of neurodegenerative diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2016: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Seyed-Mohammad FereshtehnejadK VosoughiP HeydarpourS G SepanlouF FarzadfarA Tehrani-BanihashemiR MalekzadehM A SahraianS E VollsetM NaghaviT VosV FeiginC MurrayA H MokdadM Moradi-Lakehnull null

Published in: European journal of neurology (2019)

Our findings demonstrated an increasing trend in the burden of dementias and Parkinson's disease in most EMR countries between 1990 and 2016. With aging of the EMR populations, countries should target the modifiable risk factors of neurodegenerative diseases to control their increasing burden.

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