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The Spectrum of Motor Neuron Diseases: From Childhood Spinal Muscular Atrophy to Adult Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Stacey A. Sakowski, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2015 - 
- Vol. 12, Iss: 2, pp 287-289
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This special issue offers a timely and comprehensive look into the recent research advances, current clinical considerations, and therapeutic prospects currently in development or being tested for motor neuron diseases.
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This article is published in Neurotherapeutics.The article was published on 2015-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neuromuscular disease & Spinal muscular atrophy.

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