Clinical features and lifestyle of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Campania: Brief overview of an Italian database

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-291

  Trojsi, Francesca ^a,b   Sagnelli, Anna ^a,b   Vanacore, Nicola ^c   Piccirillo, Giovanni ^a,b   Daniele, Luca ^a,b   Izzo, Francesco ^a   Laiola, Anna ^a   Costanzo, Alfonso Di ^b,d   Savettieri, Giovanni ^e   Monsurrò, Maria Rosaria ^a,b   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM)   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Clinical database; Motor neuron diseases; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SPORTS;

EID: 84866651186     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_03_09     Document Type: Article

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