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[An autopsy case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex with family history and living history in the Kii Peninsula focus].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Nov 1999
Konagaya M, Kato T, Sakai M, Kuru S, Matsuoka Y, Hashizume Y
Abstract excerpt
The patient was 68 year-old woman with an 8-year history of parkinsonism which was followed by psychiatric symptoms and neurogenic amyotrophy 5 years after the onset. She had a family history of parkinsonism associated with dementia in all of her three siblings. They grew up in Hobara village, a focus of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the Kii Peninsula of Japan, in their childhood. Their parents were...
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