Antecedent disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: What is protecting whom?
Multiple studies have shown that antecedent diseases are less prevalent in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients than the general age-matched population, which suggests possible neuroprotection. Antecedent disease could be protective against ALS or, conversely, the asymptomatic early physiol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2016.00047/full |