Is head trauma a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? An evidence based review

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Armon, Carmel ^a   Nelson, Lorene M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Analytic epidemiology; Association; Causation; Evidence based review

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUSALITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861591176     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.660954     Document Type: Review

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