Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Nakken, Ola"

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Assessing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis prevalence in Norway from 2009 to 2015 from compulsory nationwide health registers

Nakken, Ola; Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Holmøy, Trygve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)

Objective: In Norway, diagnoses from specialist health care visits, drug prescriptions, and causes of deaths are registered in compulsory health registers. We aimed to determine amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) prevalence ...
Mortality trends of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Norway 1951–2014: an age–period–cohort study

Nakken, Ola; Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Holmøy, Trygve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-12)

Recent studies suggest that the incidence and mortality of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are increasing. Changing environmental factors could influence disease risk differently throughout life span, and also between ...