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Research Article

Prevalence of Huntington's disease gene CAG repeat alleles in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

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Pages 265-269 | Received 18 Nov 2011, Accepted 22 Dec 2011, Published online: 08 May 2012

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