Neurodegeneration: Exploring Commonalities Across Diseases
Publisher: National Academies Press 2013
ISBN/ASIN: 0309285674
ISBN-13: 9780309285674
Number of pages: 87
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Neurodegeneration: Exploring Commonalities Across Diseases is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders in Spring 2012 to explore commonalities across neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
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