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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 21, 2020 - Issue 5-6
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Prevalence of C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in Greek patients with sporadic ALS

Maria SokratousFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,
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Schottlaender LuciaArgentine National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET), FLENI Neurological Research Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
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Thomas BourinarisDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK,
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Chrysoula MarogianniFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,
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Marianthi ArnaoutoglouFirst Neurology Clinic, AHEPA Hospital, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece,
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Eleni PatrikiouFaculty of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece, and
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Styliani RalliFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,
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Aikaterini MarkouFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,
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Efthimios DardiotisFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,
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Henry HouldenDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK,
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Georgios M. HadjigeorgiouFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece, ;Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Georgia XiromerisiouFaculty of Medicine School of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece, Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 470-472 | Received 21 Jan 2020, Accepted 13 Apr 2020, Published online: 26 Apr 2020

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