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Motoneuron disease and past poliomyelitis in England and Wales
C N Martyn1, D J Barker, C Osmond
1MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital.
Lancet (London, England)
|June 11, 1988
Abstract:
Past notification rates for poliomyelitis show a close geographical relation with current mortality from motoneuron disease in England and Wales. The increasing rate of poliomyelitis during the first half of this century and its predilection for affluent places and families were unique amongst infectious diseases. The unusual epidemiology of poliomyelitis is now being paralleled by motoneuron disease. These observations provide new evidence for a causal connection between the two conditions.