Session Information
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Session Title: Epidemiology
Session Time: 1:15pm-2:45pm
Location: Les Muses, Level 3
Objective: Describing the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the movement’s disorders in Marrakesh. Analyzing difficulties of management of this disease. Comparing our data with international reports.
Background: Neurology Department of Marrakesh University Hospital.
Method: It is a retrospective study .We reviewed the records of patients with movement disorders admitted during the period of January 2003 through December 2018 at the neurology Department of Marrakesh University Hospital.
Results: We studied 451 patients ,59% were male, the mean age was 52 years. Among studied cases, we have 261 from rural regions, against 190 issued from urban regions. We have also noted that the mean delay of consultation in our study was about 46 months. Parkinson disease, essential tremor, primary dystonia and sydenham chorea are the main observed etiologies of our study
Conclusion: Movement disorders seem to be frequent in Marrakech, so we emphasize the need to develop neurosurgical treatment with deep cerebral stimulation .
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
L. Berrhoute, J. El Mesbahy, N. Kissani. Movement disorders in neurologic consultation of Marrakesh University Hospital [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2019; 34 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/movement-disorders-in-neurologic-consultation-of-marrakesh-university-hospital/. Accessed May 18, 2025.« Back to 2019 International Congress
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