Incidence and geographical variation of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (als) in Southern Germany - Completeness of the ALS registry Swabia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Uenal, Hatice ^a   Rosenbohm, Angela ^b   Kufeldt, Johannes ^a   Weydt, Patrick ^b   Goder, Katharina ^b   Ludolph, Albert ^b   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Nagel, Gabriele ^a   Adam, T ^c   Arnold, G ^d   Baier, H ^c   Bazner H ^e   Beattie, J ^f   Behne, F ^c   Bengel, D ^g   Bluthardt, M ^c   Bortlein A ^e   Dettmers, C ^h   Eppinger, B ⁱ   Gold, H J ⁱ   Hecht, M ^j   Heimbach, B ^k   Hendrich, C ^l   Herting, B ^c   Huber, R ^l   Hulser P J ^c   Kaendler, S ^m   Kaspar, A ^g   Kimmig, H ⁿ   Klotzsch C ^o   Kuhne J ^o   Lewis, D ^p   Lichy, C ^q   Lindner, A ^p   Lorenzl, S ^r   Lutz Schuhbauer, S ^c   Maurer M ^s   Meinck, H M ^t   Meudt, O ^q   Muller Vom Hagen J ^u   Nagele A ^v   Naumann, M ^w   Neher, K D ^c,x   Neuhaus, O ^y   Neusch, C ^a   Niehaus, L ^c   Patzner, M ^c   Peters, J ^f   Poerschke, Y ^z   Raape, J ^c   Ratzka, P ^w   Reeh, A ^m   Rettenmayr, C ^aa   Rothmeier, J ^c   Sabolek, M ^c   Schabet, M ^c   Schaff Vogelsang M ^c   Schols L ^u   Schweigert, B ^s   Sommer, N ^v   Sperber, W ^ad   Stroick, M ^q   Trottenberg, T ^c   Weber, F ^z   Wessig, C ^ab   Will, H G ⁿ   Winkler, A ^ac   Kraft Oberbeck, I ^b   Lammle N ^b   Wirth, K ^a   Berry, Gaurav ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c Praxis EMSA Singen ^*  (Germany)

^d Neuroiogische Klinik   (Germany)

^e Klinikum Stuttgart Burgerhospital   (Germany)

^f Ostalb Klinikum Aalen   (Germany)

^g Oberschwaben Klinik Ravensburg   (Germany)

^h Schmieder Kliniken Konstanz   (Germany)

ⁱ Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen Heilbronn Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^j Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^l Klinikum Friedrichshafen   (Germany)

^m Kliniken Landkreis Heidenheim Department of Neurology   (Germany)

ⁿ Kliniken Schwenningen   (Germany)

^o Schmieder Kliniken Allensbach Bodensee Klinikum Hegau Konstanz   (Germany)

^p MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

^q Klinikum Memmingen   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^s CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^v Christophsbad Goppingen   (Germany)

^w KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^x Vinzenz von Paul Hospital   (Germany)

^y Kliniken Landkreis Sigmaringen   (Germany)

^z BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^aa KLINIKUM ESSLINGEN   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^ac TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ad Kliniken Esslingen Department of Neurology   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84899562961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093932     Document Type: Article

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