Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is not linked to multiple sclerosis in a population based study

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Aug;84(8):940-1. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304864. Epub 2013 Apr 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: Als; Motor Neuron Disease; Multiple Sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / complications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / epidemiology*
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / genetics
  • C9orf72 Protein
  • Case-Control Studies
  • DNA / genetics
  • DNA Repeat Expansion
  • Electromyography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Sclerosis / complications
  • Multiple Sclerosis / epidemiology*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / genetics
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Population
  • Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • C9orf72 Protein
  • C9orf72 protein, human
  • Proteins
  • DNA