Endogenous female reproductive hormones and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-512

  De Jong, Sonja ^a   Huisman, Mark ^a   Sutedja, Nadia ^a   Van Der Kooi, Anneke ^b   De Visser, Marianne ^b   Schelhaas, Jurgen ^c   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne ^d   Veldink, Jan ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Estrogens; Hormones; Population based; Risk

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878825717     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6665-5     Document Type: Article

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