Many past cases of SMON have occurred in Japan but since 1975 no new cases have been reported. One type of SMON is associated with acrodermatitis enteropathica which has a very high frequency of occurrence in association with administration of clioquinol. Acrodermatitis enteropathica with SMON almost always has a high occurrence of visual impairment, but other sensory disturbances are slight or absent, while common adult SMON is just the opposite. We do not know why these differences occur.
In the previous paper we made on the analysis of the relation between the cerebral angiographic findings and the rehabilitation effects in postapoplectic hemiplegic patients the cerebral artery occlusion was stated to be found in 41 cases out of 315 cases. In the cases of cerebral artery occlusion, it was observed that the recovery of the ADL (Activity of Daily Living) was generally delayed and the
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