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This report describes four cases of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Familial ALS is usually considered to be rare: Hudson[l] referring to the review of Kurland and Mulder[2] listed only 61 families (270 cases) reported in the literature since 1955, while Emery and Holloway in a recent review[3] detailed 48 reported studies.
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Gregoire, N., Serratrice, G. (1987). Atypical Forms of Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In: Cosi, V., Kato, A.C., Parlette, W., Pinelli, P., Poloni, M. (eds) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 209. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5302-7_27
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