Occurrence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among Gulf War veterans: Reply from the Authors

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1028-1029

  Horner, Ronnie ^a   Feussner, John R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85026164363     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
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