Guam ALS-PDC: possible causes

Science. 1993 Nov 5;262(5135):825-6. doi: 10.1126/science.8235599.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids, Diamino / toxicity
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / etiology*
  • Animals
  • Cyanobacteria Toxins
  • Cycasin / toxicity
  • Dementia / etiology*
  • Guam
  • Humans
  • Macaca
  • Methylazoxymethanol Acetate / analogs & derivatives
  • Methylazoxymethanol Acetate / toxicity
  • Neurotoxins / toxicity*
  • Parkinson Disease / etiology*
  • Plants, Toxic
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Amino Acids, Diamino
  • Cyanobacteria Toxins
  • Neurotoxins
  • beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine
  • Methylazoxymethanol Acetate
  • Cycasin
  • methylazoxymethanol