Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an update of recent literature

E Longinetti, F Fang - Current opinion in neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Provided with the increasing number of patients diagnosed with ALS and the improved
societal awareness of the disease, more resources should be allocated to the research and …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron syndromes in Asia

N Shahrizaila, G Sobue, S Kuwabara… - Journal of Neurology …, 2016 - jnnp.bmj.com
While the past 2 decades have witnessed an increasing understanding of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) arising from East Asia, particularly Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and …

Evidence for polygenic and oligogenic basis of Australian sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EP McCann, L Henden, JA Fifita, KY Zhang… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with
phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. Approximately 10% of cases are familial, while …

Epidemiology of ALS in Korea using nationwide big data

KY Jun, J Park, KW Oh, EM Kim, JS Bae… - Journal of Neurology …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to determine the incidence, prevalence and survival time of
Korean patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using National Health Insurance …

ALS is a multistep process in South Korean, Japanese, and Australian patients

S Vucic, M Higashihara, G Sobue, N Atsuta, Y Doi… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To establish whether amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multistep process in
South Korean and Japanese populations when compared to Australian cohorts. Methods …

Usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging findings as biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SH Baek, J Park, YH Kim, HY Seok, KW Oh, HJ Kim… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease. However, no reliable
biomarkers have been identified to represent the clinical status. This study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of rare variants in ALS genes influences survival in familial and sporadic ALS

SYY Pang, JS Hsu, KC Teo, Y Li, MHW Kung… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Genetic variants are implicated in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
but it is unclear whether the burden of rare variants in ALS genes has an effect on survival …

Comprehensive targeted next-generation sequencing in Japanese familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A Nishiyama, T Niihori, H Warita, R Izumi… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease
characterized by loss of motor neurons. We have recently identified SOD1 and FUS …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MR Aktekin, H Uysal - Turk Noroloji Dergisi, 2020 - jag.journalagent.com
Amaç: İskemik serebrovasküler hastalık geçirmiş bireylerin akut döneminde karotis intima
media kalınlığı (tCIM) ile gövde kontrolü arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve …

Genotype–phenotype correlation in seven motor neuron disease families with novel ALS2 mutations

R Sprute, H Jergas, A Ölmez… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Autosomal‐recessive mutations in the Alsin Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (ALS2)
gene may cause specific subtypes of childhood‐onset progressive neurodegenerative motor …