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What’s in a name?
Lumping or splitting ALS, PLS, PMA, and the other motor neuron diseases

March 14, 2006 issue
66 (5) 624-625

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Volume 66Number 5March 14, 2006
Pages: 624-625
PubMed: 16534097

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Published online: March 13, 2006
Published in print: March 14, 2006

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Jeffrey Rosenfeld, PhD, MD
From the Carolinas Medical Center (J.R.), Charlotte, NC; and Barts and The London Queen Mary School of Medicine (M.S.), London, UK.
Michael Swash, MD
From the Carolinas Medical Center (J.R.), Charlotte, NC; and Barts and The London Queen Mary School of Medicine (M.S.), London, UK.

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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Chief, Division of Neurology, Director, Carolinas Neuromuscular/ALS Center, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203; e-mail: [email protected]

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