Regional North American Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Neurology–Research Group on Neuroepidemiology

Abstract

The proceedings contain 13 papers. The topics discussed include: early detection of Parkinsonism using a predictive self-administered questionnaire; D1 dopamine receptor polymorphism and smoking: differential effect in Parkinson's disease; antipsychotic use and Parkinson's disease; cognitive and motor functional activity in nondemented community-dwelling essential tremor cases; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinical staging: algorithm development and domain definition; diet and brain MRI infarcts; long-term mortality after a first unprovoked tonic-clonic seizure: risk factors and treatment effects; mortality trends by stroke in Uruguay; a primary brain tumors registry: project of Emilia-Romagna region on neuro-oncology (PERNO); health-related quality of life and burden of Spanish caregivers of persons with multiple sclerosis; and incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a multiethnic health care population.