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We thank Drs. Bryan Traynor and Orla Hardiman who kindly provided data from the Irish ALS register, and Miss Rosie Leigh for her contribution to the data collection. We are grateful to the MRC, MNDA, Jenkins family and Myrtle Sketchley Memorial Trust for funding.
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Johnston, C.A., Stanton, B.R., Turner, M.R. et al. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in an urban setting. J Neurol 253, 1642–1643 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0195-y
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