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Creatine as a Potential Treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2006

Jeremy M. Shefner
Jeremy M. Shefner
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Department of Neurology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, NY, USA; Email: SHEFNERJ@upstate.edu
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Creatineamyotrophic lateral sclerosisclinical trialsneurotherapeuticstransgenic mouse modelsALS functional rating scale
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Review Article
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Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 79 - 90
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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