Guam dementia syndrome revisited in 2011

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 517-524

  Lee, Suzee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Guam dementia; lytico bodig; Mariana's dementia; parkinsonism dementia complex of Guam

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA METHYL AMINO ALANINE; CALCIUM; HEAVY METAL; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AKINESIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCADOPHYTA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GUAM; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LEWY BODY; LINEAR PIGMENT RETINAL EPITHELIOPATHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM DEMENTIA COMPLEX; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREMOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GUAM; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 81855182096     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834cd50a     Document Type: Review

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