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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Catalonia: A population based study

Jesús PradasDepartment of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Neurodegeneración (CIBERNED), Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Teresa PuigDepartment of Epidemiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ricard Rojas-GarcíaDepartment of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Neurodegeneración (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain
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María Luisa VigueraDepartment of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ignasi GichDepartment of Epidemiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Giancarlo LogroscinoDepartment of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Pages 278-283 | Received 13 Aug 2012, Accepted 11 Nov 2012, Published online: 04 Jan 2013

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