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Overview of Motor Neuron Disease

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This overview is concerned with the epidemiology of motor neuron disease (MND) comprised of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), and progressive bulbar palsy (PBP). The mortality and morbidity distribution are described with emphasis on the geographic foci of the Western Pacific. The etiologic hypotheses are reviewed.

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  1. Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    L. T. Kurland

  2. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    D. W. Mulder

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  1. Abteilung Neurologie, R.W.T.H., Pauwelsstraße, 5100, Aachen, Germany

    Klaus Poeck

  2. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Moorenstraße 5, 4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Freund

  3. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Heinz Gänshirt

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Kurland, L.T., Mulder, D.W. (1986). Overview of Motor Neuron Disease. In: Poeck, K., Freund, HJ., Gänshirt, H. (eds) Neurology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70007-1_39

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