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01-08-2015 | Letter to the Editors

Radiotherapy treatment of sialorrhea in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis requiring non-invasive ventilation

Authors: Maria del Mar Amador, Avi Assouline, Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo, Pierre-François Pradat

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 8/2015

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Title: Radiotherapy treatment of sialorrhea in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis requiring non-invasive ventilation
Authors: Maria del Mar Amador
Avi Assouline
Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo
Pierre-François Pradat
Publication date: 01-08-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7848-7

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