| [development of neurology in japan and its contribution to elucidate and resolve the sociomedical problems]. | japanese society of neurology (jsn) was established in 1960 with 643 members, and in 2009 it has grown up to a big society having more than 8,000 members including 3,600 neurology board specialists. jsn has greatly contributed in elucidating and resolving many socio-medical problems. i will take three topics including smon (subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy), infectious creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd) and minamata disease. smon was a new epidemic disease characterized by subacute optic neuritis a ... | 2009 | 20030198 |