Guam disease: A nerve degeneration disorder that occurs particularly in Guam and involves progressive dementia and parkinsonism which ultimately leads to death. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Guam disease is available below.
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Prognosis for Guam disease: The condition is progressive and is always fatal.
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Guam disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Guam disease, or a subtype of Guam disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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