Risk of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with seropositivity for herpesviruses and echovirus-7

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-127

  Cermelli, Claudio ^a   Vinceti, M ^a   Beretti, F ^a   Pietrini, V ^c   Nacci, G ^a   Pietrosemoli, P ^b   Bartoletti, A ^b   Guidetti, D ^d   Sola, P ^a   Bergomi, M ^a   Vivoli, G ^a   Portolani, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Echovirus 7; Enterovirus; Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV 6); Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV 7); Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV 8)

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037269962     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023067728557     Document Type: Article

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