ALS and PDC of Guam: Forty-year follow-up

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 765-773

  Plato, C C ^a,d   Galasko, D ^a   Garruto, R M ^b,c   Plato, M ^b   Gamst, A ^a   Craig, U K ^e   Torres, J M ^e   Wiederholt, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Athi Media   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

EID: 0037066131     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.5.765     Document Type: Article

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