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Autoimmune disease preceding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An epidemiologic study

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OBJECTIVE: To study whether the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is increased in people with prior autoimmune disease. METHODS: An all-England hospital record-linkage dataset spanning 1999-2011 was used. Cohorts were constructed of people with each of a range of autoimmune diseases; the incidence of ALS in each disease cohort was compared with the incidence of ALS in a cohort of individuals without prior admission for the autoimmune disease. RESULTS: There were significantly more cases than expected of ALS associated with a prior diagnosis of asthma, celiac disease, younger-onset diabetes (younger than 30 years), multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, myxedema, polymyositis, Sjögren syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, and ulcerative colitis. CONCLUSIONS: Autoimmune disease associations with ALS raise the possibility of shared genetic or environmental risk factors.

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Authors
Turner, M. R., Goldacre, R., Ramagopalan, S., Talbot, K., & Goldacre, M. J.
Affiliations
John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
Venue
Neurology
Published
2013-10
Volume
81
Issue
14
Pages
1222-1225
ISSN
  • 0028-3878 (ISSN-L)
  • 1526-632X
OpenAlex
W2167295920
Cited by
185
References
28
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2026: 2 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 2
FWCI
10.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association (TURNER/JAN13/944-795)
  • Medical Research Council (MR/K01014X/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
Keywords
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autoimmune disease, asthma, celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, myxedema, polymyositis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, type 1 diabetes, ALS incidence, genetic risk factors, environmental risk factors
MeSH terms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Autoimmune Diseases, England, Female, Hospital Records, Humans, Male, Risk, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity, Incidence

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