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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Cyanobacteria and BMAA exposure from desert dust: A possible link to sporadic ALS among Gulf War veterans

Paul Alan Cox Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, Wyoming, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Renee Richer Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
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James S. Metcalf Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, Wyoming, USA; Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
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Sandra Anne Banack Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, Wyoming, USA; Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA
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Geoffrey A. Codd Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
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Walter G. Bradley Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Pages 109-117 | Received 22 Jul 2009, Accepted 26 Aug 2009, Published online: 25 Nov 2009

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