Neuropathology of parkinsonism-dementia complex and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of Guam: an update
✍ Scribed by K. Oyanagi; M. Wada
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 627 KB
- Volume
- 246
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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## Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has occurred in 9 Filipino migrants to Guam 1 to 29 years after their arrival and parkinsonism‐dementia (PD) in 2 migrants 13 and 26 years after arrival. Seven additional Filipino patients developed more classic Parkinson disease (P) 5 to 24 years aft
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