Version 1
: Received: 5 July 2020 / Approved: 6 July 2020 / Online: 6 July 2020 (09:11:18 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 12 December 2020 / Approved: 15 December 2020 / Online: 15 December 2020 (10:21:51 CET)
How to cite:
Reddy, K. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als) Disease Clusters in the United States and International Sites: Association With Glacial Lakes and Clay Minerals. Preprints2020, 2020070100. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0100.v2
Reddy, K. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als) Disease Clusters in the United States and International Sites: Association With Glacial Lakes and Clay Minerals. Preprints 2020, 2020070100. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0100.v2
Reddy, K. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als) Disease Clusters in the United States and International Sites: Association With Glacial Lakes and Clay Minerals. Preprints2020, 2020070100. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0100.v2
APA Style
Reddy, K. (2020). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als) Disease Clusters in the United States and International Sites: Association With Glacial Lakes and Clay Minerals. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0100.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Reddy, K. 2020 "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als) Disease Clusters in the United States and International Sites: Association With Glacial Lakes and Clay Minerals" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0100.v2
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease clusters are found in several countries worldwide. In the United States, ALS clusters are found in many states, largely within the northern United States. The cause of the increased rates of ALS in these areas remains indefinite. It is reported here that many ALS clusters are associated with sites of current or prior glacial lakes, or regions containing an abundance of silts and clay minerals. The potential significance of these findings in ALS is discussed.
Keywords
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS; glacial; lake; clay; mineral; United States; Canada; Finland; Vermont; New Hampshire; Maine; Ohio; Wisconsin; Indiana; Minnesota; North Dakota; Montana, Idaho; Washington; Oregon; Colorado; Iowa; Utah
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Kavitha Reddy
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author