Lou Gehrig and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Is vitamin E to be revisited?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 527-528

  Reider, Carson R ^a   Paulson, George W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 21; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031010921     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550170013008     Document Type: Article

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