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The benefit of evolving multidisciplinary care in ALS: a diagnostic cohort survival comparison

Sarah MartinDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK, Correspondence[email protected]
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Emma Trevor-JonesDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Sabyha KhanDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Keelan ShawDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Deepti MarchmentDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Anna KulkaDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Catherine E EllisDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Rachel BurmanDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Martin R. TurnerNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0267-3180
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Liam CarrollTrafford Centre for Biomedical Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, and
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Leah MursaleenTrafford Centre for Biomedical Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, and
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P. Nigel LeighTrafford Centre for Biomedical Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, and
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Christopher E. ShawDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Neil PearceDepartment of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Daniel StahlDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK,
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Ammar Al-ChalabiDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, King’s College London, London, UK, ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-7712
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Pages 569-575 | Received 24 Jan 2017, Accepted 20 Jun 2017, Published online: 18 Jul 2017

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