Clustering of Parkinson's disease points to environmental etiology.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: March 1, 1990| Author: Goldsmith, J.R.; Herishanu, Y.; Abarbanel, J.M.; Weinbaum, Z. | Copyright information

Thirteen cases of Parkinson's disease, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, developed among the residents of three kibbutzim in southern Israel, which reflects a five times greater incidence than observed in the surrounding region. Parkinson's disease has many suggested causes, but in all cases the symptoms are the same. These clusters found in Israel suggest a common environmental causative factor such as the drinking water, since these three kibbutzim have used the same aquifer for...

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