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The risk to relatives of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2011
Hanby Martha F, Scott Kirsten M, Scotton William, Wijesekera Lokesh, Mole Thomas, Ellis Catherine E, Leigh P Nigel, Shaw Christopher E, Al-Chalabi Ammar
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease of motor neurons with a median survival of 2 years. Most patients have no family history of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but current understanding of such diseases suggests there should be an increased risk to relatives. Furthermore, it is a common question to be asked by patients and relatives in clinic. We therefore set out to determine the risk of...
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