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Laryngospasm as preceding symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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  1. Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Service des Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux, Hôpital Caremeau Place du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 9, France

    Genevieve Fourcade, Giovanni Castelnovo, Dimitri Renard & Pierre Labauge

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Fourcade, G., Castelnovo, G., Renard, D. et al. Laryngospasm as preceding symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol 257, 1929–1930 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5626-0

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