ALS in rochester, minnesota, 1925-1977

Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1980, Pages 463-470

  Juergens, Steven M ^a   Kurland, Leonard T ^a   Okazaki, Haruo ^a   Mulder, Donald W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018825963     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.30.5.463     Document Type: Article

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