Autoimmune disease preceding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An epidemiologic study

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1222-1225

  Turner, Martin R ^a   Goldacre, Raph ^a   Ramagopalan, Sreeram ^b   Talbot, Kevin ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYXEDEMA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK;

EID: 84888360521     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a6cc13     Document Type: Article

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