ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALZHEIMER-DISEASE AND AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

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FRECKER, MF
FRASER, FC
ANDERMANN, E
PRYSEPHILLIPS, WEM
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[1] MCGILL UNIV,CTR HUMAN GENET,MONTREAL H3A 2T5,QUEBEC,CANADA
[2] MONTREAL NEUROL HOSP & INST,NEUROGENET UNIT,MONTREAL H3A 2B4,QUEBEC,CANADA
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10.1017/S0317167100029942
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We report two cases of Alzheimer disease (AD) — one of them familial — in which the patient also had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and one patient with familial AD who had a son with ALS. Three further cases of probable ALS were found in pedigrees of AD reported from the literature. It is proposed that this association is not coincidental, but may suggest an etiological factor in common. © 1990, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation. All rights reserved.
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