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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The sex ratio in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A population based study

Zita R. Manjaly King's College Hospital, Bessemer Road, London; MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London; *Zita R. Manjaly and Kirsten M. Scott are joint first authors of this paper.
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Kirsten M. Scott King's College Hospital, Bessemer Road, London; *Zita R. Manjaly and Kirsten M. Scott are joint first authors of this paper.
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Kumar Abhinav MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Lokesh Wijesekera MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Jeban Ganesalingam MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Laura H. Goldstein MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Anna Janssen MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Andrew Dougherty MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Emma Willey MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Biba R. Stanton MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Martin R. Turner Oxford University Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Clinical Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology, London
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Mary-Ann Ampong King's College Hospital, Bessemer Road, London
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Mohammed Sakel Neurorehabilitation Unit, Buckland Hospital, East Kent Hospitals Trust, Dover, Kent
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Richard W. Orrell The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
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Robin Howard The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
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Chris E. Shaw MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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P. Nigel Leigh MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Ammar Al-Chalabi MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, LondonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 439-442 | Received 19 Oct 2009, Accepted 09 Jan 2010, Published online: 12 Mar 2010

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