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Advance care planning and mental capacity in ALS: a current challenge for an unsolved matter

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

    Barbara Poletti, Laura Carelli, Nicola Ticozzi & Vincenzo Silani

  2. NEuroMuscular Omnicentre, Fondazione Serena Onlus, Milan, Italy

    Christian Lunetta

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

    Nicola Ticozzi & Vincenzo Silani

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Poletti, B., Carelli, L., Lunetta, C. et al. Advance care planning and mental capacity in ALS: a current challenge for an unsolved matter. Neurol Sci 41, 2997–2998 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04462-x

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