Diagnostic criteria for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex in the Kii Peninsula, Japan

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 961-966

  Kokubo, Yasumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophc lateral sclerosis; Diagnostic criteria; Guam island; Kii peninsula; Parkinsonism dementia complex

Indexed keywords

OPTINEURIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GENE MUTATION; JAPAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; TAUOPATHY; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84938073739     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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