Epidemiological and clinical patterns of western pacific amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Guam and sporadic ALS in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A. and Hokkaido, Japan: a comparative study.

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Western Pacific amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Guam, so-called Guam ALS, is a neurodegenerative disease with a high incidence among the indigenous population, Chamorros, in Guam. To clarify the differences in the epidemiological and clinical features between Guam ALS and sporadic ALS, the surveys were conducted in Guam for the periods from 1980 to 1989, in Rochester, MN, USA from 1952 to 1991 and in...

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