Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with antecedent poliomyelitis.
Motor neurone disease may occur in patients with antecedent, sometimes remote, paralytic poliomyelitis. A Jamaican patient with this sequence is described. Research exploring the relationship between the two diseases is giving a new insight into the aetiology of motor neurone disease.
Omardeen
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Department of Medicine, U.W.I., Jamaica.
Morgan
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D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications*