Severe head injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 267-272

  Peters, Tracy L ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Weibull, Caroline E ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Kamel, Freya ^b   Ye, Weimin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Head injury; Motor neuron disease; Nested case control study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84877870334     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2012.754043     Document Type: Article

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