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Risk factors for pneumonia among patients with Parkinson's disease: a Taiwan nationwide population-based study

Chang YP 1 , Yang CJ 2 , Hu KF 3 , Chao AC 4 , Chang YH 5 , Hsieh KP 6 Show all authors , Tsai JH 7 , Ho PS 8 , Lim SY 9

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  • 1 Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 3 Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 4 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 5 Department of Management, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 6 School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 7 Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 8 Faculty of Dental Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China; Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • 9 Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat, 2016;12:1037-46.
PMID: 27175081 DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S99365

Abstract

Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, few studies have been performed to explore the risk factors for pneumonia development in patients with PD.

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