Article
Reduced frequency of ALS in an ethnically mixed population: a population-based mortality study.
Neurology - 12 May 2009
Zaldivar T, Gutierrez J, Lara G, Carbonara M, Logroscino G, Hardiman O
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe ALS mortality rates in the well-characterized ethnically mixed Cuban population over a 6-year period. BACKGROUND: There have been few population-based epidemiologic studies of ALS in non-Europeans. Preliminary data from the United States suggest a lower frequency of ALS in Hispanic and African groups compared with those of European descent. The Cuban population of 11 million comprises three...
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