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| Masseret, Estelle; Banack, Sandra; Boumediene, Farid; Abadie, Eric; Brient, Luc; Pernet, Fabrice; Juntas-morales, Raoul; Pageot, Nicolas; Metcalf, James; Cox, Paul; Camu, William. |
| Background Dietary exposure to the cyanotoxin BMAA is suspected to be the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Western Pacific Islands. In Europe and North America, this toxin has been identified in the marine environment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clusters but, to date, only few dietary exposures have been described. Objectives We aimed at identifying cluster(s) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Hérault district, a coastal district from Southern France, and to search, in the identified area(s), for the existence of a potential dietary source of BMAA. Methods A spatio-temporal cluster analysis was performed in the district, considering all incident amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases identified from 1994 to 2009 by our expert... |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00168/27941/26234.pdf |
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