An autopsy case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex with family history and living history in the Kii Peninsula focus

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1118-1124

  Konagaya, Masaaki ^a   Kato, Takashi ^a   Sakai, Motoko ^a   Kuru, Satoshi ^a   Matsuoka, Yukihiko ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b  

^a SUZUKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS PDC; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Parkinsonism dementia complex; Hobara; Kii peninsula; Neurofibrillary tangle

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SENILE PLAQUE; SIBLING;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 0033368555     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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