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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

    References

    Citations

    1. Younger DS, Hanif S (2003). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In RW Evans, ed., Saunders Manual of Neurologic Practice, pp. 550–554. Philadelphia: Saunders.

    2. Ropper AH, Brown RH (2005). Syndrome of muscular weakness and wasting without sensory changes section of Degenerative diseases of the nervous system. In Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 8th ed., pp. 938–949. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    3. Miller RG, et al. (1999). Practice parameter: The care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (an evidence-based review). Neurology, 52: 1311–1323.

    4. Miller RG, et al. (2007). Riluzole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/motor neuron disease (MND). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1).



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