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Juvenile and adult-onset ALS/MND among Africans: incidence, phenotype, survival: A review

Benoit MarinINSERM U1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; Univ. Limoges, Faculté de Médecine, Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; CNRS FR 3503 GEIST; CHU Limoges, France;CHU Limoges, Unité Fonctionnelle de Recherche Clinique et de Biostatistiques, Limoges, France
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Imen KacemCHU Limoges, Service de Neurologie, Centre SLA, Limoges, France;Department of Neurology Razi Hospital – La Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia
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Mouhamadou DiaganaINSERM U1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; Univ. Limoges, Faculté de Médecine, Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; CNRS FR 3503 GEIST; CHU Limoges, France;CHU de Nouakchott, Service de Neurologie, Nouakchott, Mauritania
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Marion BoulesteixINSERM U1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; Univ. Limoges, Faculté de Médecine, Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; CNRS FR 3503 GEIST; CHU Limoges, France;Tropals Collaboration (in alphabetic order of countries): Burkina Faso: Athanase Milogo; France: Benoît Marin, Philippe Couratier, Pierre Marie Preux, Michel Druet-Cabanac; Gabon: Philomène Kouna Ndouongo, Yvonne Assegone Zeh, Gertrude Mouangue; Guinea: Amara Cisse, Fode Abass Cisse, Lansana Laho Diallo; Mauritania: Mouhamadou Diagana, Abderrahmane Moulaye, Cheikh Ould Hace; Tunisia: Riadh Gouider, Imen Kacem, Amina Gargouri
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Riadh GouiderDepartment of Neurology Razi Hospital – La Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia
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Pierre Marie PreuxINSERM U1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; Univ. Limoges, Faculté de Médecine, Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; CNRS FR 3503 GEIST; CHU Limoges, France;CHU Limoges, Unité Fonctionnelle de Recherche Clinique et de Biostatistiques, Limoges, France;Tropals Collaboration (in alphabetic order of countries): Burkina Faso: Athanase Milogo; France: Benoît Marin, Philippe Couratier, Pierre Marie Preux, Michel Druet-Cabanac; Gabon: Philomène Kouna Ndouongo, Yvonne Assegone Zeh, Gertrude Mouangue; Guinea: Amara Cisse, Fode Abass Cisse, Lansana Laho Diallo; Mauritania: Mouhamadou Diagana, Abderrahmane Moulaye, Cheikh Ould Hace; Tunisia: Riadh Gouider, Imen Kacem, Amina Gargouri
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Philippe CouratierINSERM U1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; Univ. Limoges, Faculté de Médecine, Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Limoges, France; CNRS FR 3503 GEIST; CHU Limoges, France;CHU Limoges, Service de Neurologie, Centre SLA, Limoges, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 276-283 | Received 18 May 2011, Accepted 05 Dec 2011, Published online: 08 May 2012

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