Presenile dementia with motor neuron disease in Japan: clinico-pathological review of 26 cases.
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Presenile dementia with motor neuron disease in Japan: clinico-pathological review of 26 cases.
The clinico-pathological findings of 26 cases of presenile dementia with motor neuron disease in Japan are reviewed. The characteristic features include: (1) Progressive dementia with slowly progressive onset in the presenile period. (2) Neurogenic muscular wasting during the course of illness. (3) A duration of illness to death of from one to three years. (4) Absence of extrapyramidal symptoms...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.47.9.953