| Title |
Dietary BMAA Exposure in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cluster from Southern France
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0083406 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Estelle Masseret, Sandra Banack, Farid Boumédiène, Eric Abadie, Luc Brient, Fabrice Pernet, Raoul Juntas-Morales, Nicolas Pageot, James Metcalf, Paul Cox, William Camu |
| Abstract |
Dietary exposure to the cyanotoxin BMAA is suspected to be the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Western Pacific Islands. In Europe and North America, this toxin has been identified in the marine environment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clusters but, to date, only few dietary exposures have been described. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Greece | 1 | 14% |
| Portugal | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 43% |
| Scientists | 3 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 27 | 21% |
| Unknown | 27 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 25 | 20% |
| Unknown | 32 | 25% |