Conjugal motor neuron disease
Chad, D.; Mitsumoto, H.; Adelman, L.S.; Bradley, W.G.; Munsat, T.L.; Zieper, I.
Neurology 32(3): 306-307
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878 PMID: 7199646 Document Number: 190962
A husband and wife with motor neuron disease are described. The woman had been ill for 10 yr with predominantly upper motor neuron signs when her husband developed progressive muscular atrophy. This is the 1st known report of sporadic motor neuron disease occurring in both partners of a marriage.