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It is named after WR Kennedy, a neurologist who was among the first to describe this disease [1].

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  1. Kennedy WR, Alter M, Sung JH. Progressive proximal spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy of late onset: a sex-linked recessive trait. Neurology 1968;18:671-680. PMID 4233749.

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