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Review
. 2016 Feb 11:7:12.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00012. eCollection 2016.

Immunoablation and Stem Cell Transplantation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The Ultimate Test for the Autoimmune Pathogenesis Hypothesis

A Arturo Leis  1 , Mark A Ross  2 , Joseph L Verheijde  3 , Jose F Leis  4
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Immunoablation and Stem Cell Transplantation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The Ultimate Test for the Autoimmune Pathogenesis Hypothesis

A Arturo Leis et al. Front Neurol. .
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Keywords: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; autoimmunity; immunosuppression; stem cell transplantation.

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