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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 14, 2013 - Issue 2
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Primary lateral sclerosis: Predicting functional outcome

Vânia AlmeidaDepartment of Neurosciences, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, Lisbon
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Mamede de CarvalhoDepartment of Neurosciences, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, Lisbon;Neuromuscular Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular − Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon;Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of LisbonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Manuel ScottoDepartment of Mathematics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Susana PintoNeuromuscular Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular − Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon
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Anabela PintoNeuromuscular Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular − Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon;Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal
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Benjamim OhanaNeuromuscular Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular − Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon;Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal
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Michael SwashNeuromuscular Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular − Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon;Department of Neurology, Royal London Hospital, Queen Mary School of Medicine, University of London, London, UK
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Pages 141-145 | Received 17 Mar 2012, Accepted 05 Aug 2012, Published online: 08 Sep 2012

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