A brief report on juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases in the United States National ALS Registry: 2010–2018

Jaime Raymond; Jasmine Berry; Edward J. Kasarskis; Theodore Larson; D. Kevin Horton; Paul Mehta

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A brief report on juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases in the United States National ALS Registry: 2010–2018

Jaime Raymond, Jasmine Berry, Edward J. Kasarskis, Theodore Larson, D. Kevin Horton, Paul Mehta

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Juvenile ALS (jALS) is a rare form of ALS, defined as symptom onset before age 25. This report describes the demographic characteristics of confirmed and likely jALS cases in a large cohort of ALS patients ascertained in the National ALS Registry (Registry) from 2010 to 2018. Patients in the Registry must be at least 18 years of age. Of the 44 identified patients, 37.8% were diagnosed at age 24, were more likely to be nonwhite (54.5%), male (79.5%), and live in the Midwest or Northeast regions (54.5%) of the US. Some 68.9% of the jALS cases were received from federal administrative databases, and 16% came from the web portal only. Demographic characteristics for jALS cases in the Registry differed from previous publications examining ALS cases for all adults. More research is needed to better understand risk factors contributing to jALS, which could lead to earlier diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-213
Number of pages	3
Journal	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
Volume	25
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2023.2264922
State	Published - 2024

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ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
juvenile ALS
motor neuron disease

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Clinical Neurology

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