Lytico-Bodig (also Lytigo-bodig) disease, Guam disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism-dementia complex (ALS-PDC), and Western Pacific amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism-dementia complex is a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disease of uncertain etiology endemic to the Chamorro people of the island of Guam in Micronesia. Lytigo and bodig are Chamorro language words for two different manifestations of the same condition.
Lytico-Bodig (also Lytigo-bodig) disease, Guam disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism-dementia complex (ALS-PDC), and Western Pacific amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism-dementia complex is a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disease of uncertain etiology endemic to the Chamorro people of the island of Guam in Micronesia. Lytigo and bodig are Chamorro language words for two different manifestations of the same condition.
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