Autoimmune disease preceding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an epidemiologic study.
OBJECTIVE: To study whether the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is increased in people with prior autoimmune disease. METHODS: An all-England hospital record-linkage dataset spanning 1999-2011 was used. Cohorts were constructed of people with each of a range of autoimmune diseases; the i...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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