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Improvements in the multidisciplinary care are beneficial for survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): experience from a tertiary ALS center

Polona KlavžarLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-2115View further author information
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Blaž KoritnikLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ;Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Correspondence[email protected]
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Lea LeonardisLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ;Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, View further author information
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Leja Dolenc GrošeljLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ;Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, View further author information
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Mojca KirbišLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-8829View further author information
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Stanka Ristić KovačičLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, View further author information
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Polona KlinarLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, View further author information
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Maja Pohar PermeInstitute for Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-2642View further author information
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Janez ZidarLjubljana ALS Centre, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, View further author information
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Pages 203-208 | Received 17 Nov 2019, Accepted 13 Mar 2020, Published online: 06 Apr 2020

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