Survival rate of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, 1966 to 2005

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Kihira, Tameko ^a   Yoshida, Sohei ^b   Okamoto, Kazusi ^c   Kazimoto, Yoshinori ^a   Ookawa, Masae ^a   Hama, Kiwa ^a   Miwa, Hideto ^a   Kondo, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kansai College of Oriental Medicine   (Japan)

^c Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Clinical features; Kii ALS; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40849138115     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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