Changes in the incidence and clinical features of ALS in the Koza, Kozagawa, and Kushimoto area of the kii peninsula - From the 1960s to the 2000s follow-up study

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-80

  Kihira, Tameko ^a   Yoshida, Sohei ^a   Murata, Kenya ^b   Ishiguti, Hiroshi ^c   Kondo, Tomoyoshi ^b   Kohmoto, Junko ^d   Okamoto, Kazusi ^e   Kokubo, Yasumasa ^f   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^g  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Singu Medical Center

^d National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^e Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health   (Japan)

^f MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focus area; Incidence; Kii als; Parkinsonism dementia complex (pdc)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76049083791     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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