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Research Article

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A higher than expected incidence in people over 80 years of age

Josep Maria AragonesDepartment of Neurology, Vic University Hospital, Vic, Barcelona,
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Jacint AltimirasDepartment of Epidemiology, Vic University Hospital, Vic, Barcelona,
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Pere Roura-PochDepartment of Epidemiology, Vic University Hospital, Vic, Barcelona,
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Elvira HomsDepartment of Pharmacy, Vic University Hospital, Vic, Barcelona,
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Lorena BajoDepartment of Geriatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu, Vic, Barcelona,
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Monica PovedanoDepartment of Neurology, Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona,
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Elena Cortés-VicenteDepartment of Neurology, Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and
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Isabel IllaDepartment of Neurology, Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and
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Ammar Al-ChalabiMaurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King's College London, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, London, UK
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Ricard Rojas-GarcíaDepartment of Neurology, Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 522-527 | Received 02 Dec 2015, Accepted 03 Apr 2016, Published online: 25 May 2016

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