The ALS/PDC syndrome of Guam and the cycad hypothesis

Neurology. 2009 Feb 3;72(5):473-4, 476; author reply 475-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Amino Acids / toxicity
  • Amino Acids, Diamino / poisoning
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / epidemiology*
  • Bacterial Toxins / poisoning
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Causality
  • Cyanobacteria Toxins
  • Cycas / chemistry*
  • Dementia / epidemiology*
  • Flour / toxicity
  • Guam
  • Hazardous Substances / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Marine Toxins / poisoning
  • Microcystins / poisoning
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Plant Extracts / poisoning*
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Amino Acids, Diamino
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Cyanobacteria Toxins
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Marine Toxins
  • Microcystins
  • Plant Extracts
  • beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine