Abstract
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.
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De Marchi, F., Corrado, L., Bersano, E. et al. Ptosis and bulbar onset: an unusual phenotype of familial ALS?. Neurol Sci 39, 377–378 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3186-0
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