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Neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases among families with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurology - 8 Aug 2017
Longinetti Elisa, Mariosa Daniela, Larsson Henrik, Ye Weimin, Ingre Caroline, Almqvist Catarina, Lichtenstein Paul, Piehl Fredrik, Fang Fang
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate risks of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their families. METHODS: We conducted a register-based nested case-control study during 1990-2013 in Sweden to assess whether patients with ALS had higher risks of other neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases before diagnosis. We included 3,648 patients with ALS and 36,480...
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