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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Volume 11, 2010 - Issue 3
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, physical exercise, trauma and sports: Results of a population-based pilot case-control study

Ettore Beghi Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, MilanCorrespondencebeghi@ marionegri.it
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Giancarlo Logroscino Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Bari
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Adriano Chiò Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Italy
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Orla Hardiman Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Andrea Millul Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milan
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Douglas Mitchell Preston MND Care and Research Centre, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK
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Robert Swingler Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Bryan J. Traynor Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Pages 289-292 | Received 07 May 2009, Accepted 03 Oct 2009, Published online: 03 May 2010

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