Chapter 15 Electrophysiologic diagnostics of very early stages of ALS

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 53, Issue C, 2000, Pages 116-125

  Emeryk Szajewska, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0038314423     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70146-1     Document Type: Article

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