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An Autopsy of Parkinsonism after Solitary Living in Guam Island for 28 years Yoko Konagaya 1 , Mari Yoshida 2 , Yoshio Hashizume 2 , Masaaki Konagaya 3 , Nobuyuki Murakami 4 1Department of Neurology, JR Tokai General Hospital 2Institute for Medical Science for Aging, Aichi Medical University 3Department of Neurology, Suzuka National Hospital 4Department of Neurology, Kariya General Hospital Keyword: Guam island , parkinsonism-dementia complex(PDC) , environmental factor , Parkinson's disease pp.167-171
Published Date 2000/2/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1406901562
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The autopsy findings of an 82-year-old man with history of solitary living in the jungle of Guam, the en-demic area of parkinsonism-dementia complex (PDC), for 28 years was reported in this paper.

When he was 75 years old, about 20 years later to have come back to Japan, he developed parkinsonism. He noticed bradykinesia and was pointed out masked face, rigidity and tremor in his right hand. After 2 years, he was diagnosed as Parkinson's disease under the third degree of Hoehn-Yahr criteria . He also showed mild cognitive dysfunction, but no pyramidal signs, muscle atrophy of fasciculation at all.


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