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Review
. 1999 Apr 24;318(7191):1118-21.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7191.1118.

Motor neurone disease

P J Shaw  1
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Review

Motor neurone disease

P J Shaw. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Major factors that seem to be contributing to motor neurone injury and the cell specific features of motor neurones that may render these cells vulnerable to such insults
Figure 2
Figure 2
Evidence for alteration in the glutamate neurotransmitter system in motor neurone disease
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