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The differential diagnostic process is essential as there are no objective or laboratory diagnostic markers in ALS. Therefore excluding other definable diseases that may mimic ALS is integral within our diagnostic work up as described above.
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The differential diagnostic process is essential as there are no objective or laboratory diagnostic markers in ALS. Therefore excluding other definable diseases that may mimic ALS is integral within our diagnostic work up as described
above.