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Heavy metal intoxication and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: causal or casual relationship?

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    Simona Portaro, Antonino Naro, Roberto Giorgianni, Emanuela Mazzon & Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

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Portaro, S., Naro, A., Giorgianni, R. et al. Heavy metal intoxication and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: causal or casual relationship?. Aging Clin Exp Res 32, 351–352 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01177-8

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