Clustering of sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Caucasians is extremely rare. Cases were described in which environmental [2] and environmentaVoccupationa1 [4] causation was suspected. Paolino and co-workers 131 in a recent issue of the Annals described a very interesting cas
Prevalence of Glaucoma in Adults with Down's Syndrome
β Scribed by Tomoko Yokoyama; Hiroki Tamura; Hidetoshi Tsukamoto; Kiyoko Yamane; Hiromu K. Mishima
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-5155
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