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Statistically speaking, what would be the odds of a 25 year old male with no family history having bulbar onset als?

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Very Low: 2.16 per 100,000 person-years https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850819/

Answered 3/22/2018

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