Preliminary results of National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry risk factor survey data

At a glance

A review of the Risk Factory Surveys completed by National ALS Registry enrollees

Affiliates

Leah Bryan1, Wendy Kaye2, Vinicius Antao3, Paul Mehta3, Oleg Muravov3, D. Kevin Horton3

  1. Carter Consulting Incorporated
  2. McKing Consulting Corporation
  3. Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences

Journal

PLOS One

Summary

The National ALS Registry web portal, to our knowledge, is the largest, most geographically diverse collection of risk factor data about adults living with ALS. Various characteristics were consistent with other published studies on ALS risk factors and will allow researchers to generate hypotheses for future research.

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