Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and diabetes on Guam: changing patterns of chronic disease in an island community.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2003 Sep; 34(3): 659-61
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31862
ABSTRACT
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) occurred on the island of Guam with unusually high incidence rates for many years but began to disappear with the island's westernization after WW II. The authors document these changes and suggest that they support a hypothesis that cultural changes could be responsible for both the virtual disappearance of this chronic degenerative neurologic disease as well as a concurrent surge in the prevalence of diabetes.
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Main subject:
Social Change
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Humans
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Risk Factors
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Guam
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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