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Has the association between ALS and FTD been actually acknowledged since the nineteenth century?

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Acknowledgements

The authors are extremely grateful to the Biblioteca di Area Medica ‘Adolfo Ferrate,’ Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, for providing us with the historical works on which part of this work was based on.

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Research is partially supported by the Italian Ministry of Health.

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  1. U.O.C. Neurologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Stefano Zago

  2. Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

    Edoardo N. Aiello, Barbara Poletti & Vincenzo Silani

  3. PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

    Edoardo N. Aiello

  4. U.O.C. Neurologia & Stroke Unit, A.S.S.T. Lecco, Merate, LC, Italy

    Lorenzo Lorusso

  5. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, “Dino Ferrari” Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Vincenzo Silani

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V.S. received compensation for consulting services and/or speaking activities from AveXis, Cytokinetics, Italfarmaco, Liquidweb S.r.l., Novartis Pharma AG, and Zambon. Receives or has received research support from the Italian Ministry of Health, AriSLA, and E-Rare Joint Transnational Call. He is on the Editorial Board of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, European Neurology, American Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Frontiers in Neurology. B. P. received compensation for consulting services and/or speaking activities from Liquidweb S.r.l. She is the Associated Editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience.

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Zago, S., Aiello, E.N., Poletti, B. et al. Has the association between ALS and FTD been actually acknowledged since the nineteenth century?. Neurol Sci 44, 1081–1082 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06468-z

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