Incidence and geographical variation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Southern Germany--completeness of the ALS registry Swabia.

Objective of this paper was to investigate the incidence, potential geographical clusters and the completeness of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) registry in Southern Germany (Swabia). Age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) and ratios (SIR) as well as 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estim...

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Main Authors: Hatice Uenal, Angela Rosenbohm, Johannes Kufeldt, Patrick Weydt, Katharina Goder, Albert Ludolph, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Gabriele Nagel, ALS registry Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983245?pdf=render