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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Variation in the neurophysiological examination of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Europe

Kirsten Pugdahl Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anders Fuglsang-Frederiksen Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Birger Johnsen Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Hatice Tankisi Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Mamede de Carvalho Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Laboratory of Electromyography, Institute of Molecular Medicine-Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
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Peter R.W. Fawcett Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Annick Labarre-Vila Unité ENMG et Pathologie neuromusculaire, Département de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Grenoble, France
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Rocco Liguori Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Wilfred Nix Department of Neurology, University Clinics Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Ian S. Schofield Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Pages 443-448 | Received 16 Sep 2009, Accepted 10 Dec 2009, Published online: 11 Aug 2010

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