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Alternative Approaches to the Pathology of Motor Neuron Disease

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Motor Neuron Disease

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The pathology of motor neuron disease (MND) is well recognised, but poses many problems of interpretation and understanding. There is, as yet, no insight into the pathobiological mechanisms that underlie the development of the specific neuro–degenerative changes that must characterise the disease. In order to try to understand this problem a number of other approaches have been tried.

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    P. N. Leigh BSc, PhD, FRCP (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Neurology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

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Martin, J.E., Swash, M. (1995). Alternative Approaches to the Pathology of Motor Neuron Disease. In: Leigh, P.N., Swash, M. (eds) Motor Neuron Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1871-8_6

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