Open AccessPre-Morbid Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
G. David Batty,
Catharine R. Galé
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s329521
Subject(s) - medicine , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , hazard ratio , biobank , prospective cohort study , confounding , cohort study , cohort , confidence interval , demography , disease , bioinformatics , sociology , biology
In the absence of effective treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disorder with high case fatality, there is a clear need to identify its primary risk factors.