Incidence and prevalence of ALS in Ireland, 1995-1997 a population- based study

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 504-509

  Traynor, B J ^a   Codd, M B ^b   Corr, B ^a   Forde, C ^a   Frost, E ^c   Hardiman, Orla ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Irish Motor Neuron Dis Association   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0033017569     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.3.504     Document Type: Article

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