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Changes in motor cortex excitability during muscle fatigue in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

R Nardone1, E Buffone, I Florio

  • 1Department of Neurology, 'F.Tappeiner' Hospital, Merano, Via Rossini, 5, 39012 Merano (BZ), Italy. raffaele.nardone@asbmeran-o.it

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
|February 18, 2005
PubMed

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