Progressive muscular atrophy variant of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PMA/ALS).

doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(00)00350-6

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Progressive muscular atrophy variant of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PMA/ALS).

Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Aug 2000

Cervenakova L, Protas I I, Hirano A, Votiakov V I, Nedzved M K, Kolomiets N D, Taller I, Park K Y, Sambuughin N, Gajdusek D C, Brown P, Goldfarb L G

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Twelve cases of adult-onset progressive muscular atrophy variant of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PMA/ALS) were studied in a small rural population of 1500 in the Republic of Belarus (former Soviet Union). The patients were members of three apparently related kindreds, each showing autosomal dominant pattern of disease inheritance. The average age at clinical onset ranged from 26 to 57 years (mean, 40 years)....

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