Muro disease: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex in Kii Peninsula of Japan

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^a  

^a SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Kii peninsula history; Muro disease; Parkinsonism dementia complex

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUAM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MURO DISEASE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; SURVIVAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79952205916     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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