Dying young: eliminating racial disparities in neuromuscular disease outcomes.
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2010;75;948-949 Neurology Nicte I. Mejia and Rachel Nardin Dying young: Eliminating racial disparities in neuromuscular disease outcomes This information is current as of September 14, 2010 http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/75/11/948 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0028-3878. Online ISSN: 1526-632X. since 1951, it is now a weekly with 48 issues per year. Copyright © 2010 by AAN Enterprises, Inc. ® is the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Published continuously Neurology
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology
دوره 75 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010