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Ptosis and bulbar onset: an unusual phenotype of familial ALS?

Fabiola De MarchiL CorradoE BersanoM F SarnelliV SolaraS D'AlfonsoR CantelloL Mazzini
Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2017)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of upper and lower motor neurons that usually spare the oculomotor nerves. Here, we describe a case of two siblings with a familial bulbar-onset ALS both with ptosis manifested at the onset of the disease.
Keyphrases
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • early onset
  • multiple sclerosis