Increasing incidence of ALS in Canterbury, New Zealand: A 22-year study

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1889-1895

  Murphy, M ^a   Quinn, S ^b   Young, J ^a   Parkin, P ^a   Taylor, B ^b,c  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; AGE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 63849287980     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000336653.65605.ac     Document Type: Article

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