The real onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 593-

  Eisen, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPIGENETICS; FINGER RATIO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIC MUTATION; SYMPTOM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE OF ONSET; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 79955767274     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2011.245761     Document Type: Editorial

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