Aggregation of neurodegenerative disease in ALS kindreds

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Fallis, Brooks A ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dementia; Epidemiology; Genetics; Risk

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IRELAND; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 62549091984     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960802209664     Document Type: Article

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