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. 2024 Mar;20(3):194.
doi: 10.1038/s41582-024-00936-0.

Questioning the cycad theory of Kii ALS-PDC causation

Yasumasa Kokubo  1 , Satoru Morimoto  2 , Mari Yoshida  3
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Questioning the cycad theory of Kii ALS-PDC causation

Yasumasa Kokubo et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Mar.
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  • Reply to: Questioning the cycad theory of Kii ALS-PDC causation.
    Menšíková K, Rosales R, Colosimo C, Spencer P, Lannuzel A, Ugawa Y, Sasaki R, Giménez-Roldán S, Matej R, Tuckova L, Hrabos D, Kolarikova K, Vodicka R, Vrtel R, Strnad M, Hlustik P, Otruba P, Prochazka M, Bares M, Boluda S, Buee L, Ransmayr G, Kaňovský P. Menšíková K, et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Mar;20(3):195-196. doi: 10.1038/s41582-024-00938-y. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024. PMID: 38336911 No abstract available.

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  • Endemic parkinsonism: clusters, biology and clinical features.
    Menšíková K, Steele JC, Rosales R, Colosimo C, Spencer P, Lannuzel A, Ugawa Y, Sasaki R, Giménez-Roldán S, Matej R, Tuckova L, Hrabos D, Kolarikova K, Vodicka R, Vrtel R, Strnad M, Hlustik P, Otruba P, Prochazka M, Bares M, Boluda S, Buee L, Ransmayr G, Kaňovský P. Menšíková K, et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2023 Oct;19(10):599-616. doi: 10.1038/s41582-023-00866-3. Epub 2023 Sep 8. Nat Rev Neurol. 2023. PMID: 37684518 Review.

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