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. 2012 Jan;25(1):31-3.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2012.11928778.

Conjugal amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

John D Dewitt  1 , Julia Kwon, Rebecca Burton, Jeffrey S Stroup
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Conjugal amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

John D Dewitt et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2012 Jan.

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the motor cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. The incidence of sporadic ALS is 1.5 to 2.7 in 100,000, and the prevalence is 5.2 to 6.0 in 100,000. Conjugal ALS is even rarer than sporadic ALS. We report a case of conjugal ALS encountered in our outpatient neurology clinic.

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