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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Vanadium, aluminum, magnesium and manganese are not elevated in hair samples in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Galen Royce-Nagel Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology Clinical Trials Unit, Charlestown
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Merit Cudkowicz Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology Clinical Trials Unit, Charlestown
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Daniela Myers Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology Clinical Trials Unit, Charlestown
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Katherine Nicholson Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology Clinical Trials Unit, Charlestown
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Amy Shui Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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David Schoenfeld Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Xudong Huang Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Charlestown
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Robert H. Brown Jr Day Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown; Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 492-493 | Received 07 Jul 2009, Accepted 25 Nov 2009, Published online: 03 May 2010

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