Epidemiological features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a large clinic-based African American population

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 334-337

  Kazamel, Mohamed ^a   Cutter, Gary ^b   Claussen, Gwendolyn ^a   Alsharabati, Mohammad ^a   Oh, Shin J ^a,e   Lu, Liang ^a,e   King, Peter H ^a,c,d,e  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender effect; Motor neuron disease; Phenotype; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881330565     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2013.770030     Document Type: Article

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