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Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Southern Germany.
Journal of neurology - 1 Apr 2017
Rosenbohm Angela, Peter Raphael S, Erhardt Siegfried, Lulé Dorothée, Rothenbacher Dietrich, Ludolph Albert C, Nagel Gabriele
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The objective of this study is to determine the current distribution of clinical phenotypes and to estimate future trends of ALS incidence in Western societies. We report on a clinical-epidemiological registry with a capture-recapture rate of >80% and population-based case-control study in ALS patients in South Western Germany. 1163 incidents of ALS were registered. Clinical and neuropsychological data were...
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