Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - References

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Other Works Consulted

  • Feldman EL (2004). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, vol. 2, pp. 2316–2319. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Rowland LP, et al. (2005). Hereditary and acquired motor neuron diseases. In LP Rowland, ed., Merritt's Neurology, 11th ed., pp. 861–870. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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