Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 77, Issue 11 , Pages 1186-1188 , November 1996

Coexistent entrapment neuropathies in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • Milind J. Kothari, DO

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Milind J. Kothari, DO, Division of Neurology, Penn State University, College of Medicine, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033.
    • Division of Neurology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA USA
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  • Seward B. Rutkove, MD

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    • Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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  • Eric L. Logigian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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  • Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA

Received 8 January 1996 ,Accepted 1 April 1996.

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