The epidemiology of ALS and the role of population-based registries.
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a Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri” Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy b Department of Epidemiology HSPH, Harvard University, Boston, USA c Department of Neuroscienze, University of Torino, Italy d Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland e Preston MND Care and Research Centre, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK f Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK g Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biochimica et biophysica acta
دوره 1762 11-12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006