Racial and ethnic differences among amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases in the United States.

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Published in Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener on December 08, 2014

Authors

Lindsay Rechtman1, Heather Jordan, Laurie Wagner, D Kevin Horton, Wendy Kaye

Author Affiliations

1: McKing Consulting Corporation , Atlanta , Georgia.

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