FUJISAWA, Michiko | Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University

FUJISAWA, Michiko

Research Departments・Position
Environmental Coexistence
Affiliated Associate Professor
Research Interests / Keywords
・Survey of neurodegenerative disease in Papua, Indonesia
・Prevalence of dementia in the community

FUJISAWA, Michiko

Survey of neurodegenerative disease in Papua, Indonesia

There is a high prevalence of overlapping ALS, parkinsonism and cognitive impairment, which has also been previously reported in Guam and Kii. To clarify the recent change of clinical epidemiology of the diseases in Papua, the clinical characteristics and prevalence of the diseases were followed up annually.