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João Massano

Researcher at University of Porto

Publications -  86
Citations -  27378

João Massano is an academic researcher from University of Porto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Parkinson's disease & Deep brain stimulation. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 77 publications receiving 15808 citations. Previous affiliations of João Massano include Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust & University of Tübingen.

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Global, regional, and national burden of Parkinson's disease, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

E. Ray Dorsey, +70 more
- 01 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: Over the past generation, the global burden of Parkinson's disease has more than doubled as a result of increasing numbers of older people, with potential contributions from longer disease duration and environmental factors.
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Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015

Valery L. Feigin, +241 more
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Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Emma Nichols, +262 more
TL;DR: This study aimed to improve on previous forecasts of dementia prevalence by producing country-level estimates and incorporating information on selected risk factors, using relative risks and forecasted risk factor prevalence to predict GBD risk-attributable prevalence in 2050 globally and by world region and country.
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma: Review of prognostic and predictive factors

TL;DR: The factors that may exert influence on the prognosis and eventually guide the selection of patients for more aggressive therapies are approached, showing promising pathways for the future development of more effective prognosis systems and anticancer therapies.
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Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Haidong Wang, +784 more
- 16 Sep 2017 - 
TL;DR: Age-specific and sex-specific all-cause mortality between 1970 and 2016 is estimated for 195 countries and territories and at the subnational level for the five countries with a population greater than 200 million in 2016 to identify countries with higher life expectancy than expected by comparing observed life expectancy to anticipated life expectancy on the basis of development status alone.