Alternative titles and symbols : ALS-PDC; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism/dementia complex of guam; Guam disease;
Description : Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism/dementia complex of Guam is a neurodengenerative
disorder with unusually high incidence among the Chamorro people of Guam. Both ALS
and parkinsonism-dementia are chronic, progressive, and uniformly fatal disorders
in this population. Both diseases are known to occur in the same kindred, the same
sibship, and even the same individual.;