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Modafinil for the Treatment of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2006

Bruno Stankoff ,
Catherine Lubetzki  and
Michel Clanet
Bruno Stankoff
Affiliation:
Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France Service de Pharmacologie, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Email: [email protected]
Catherine Lubetzki
Affiliation:
Fédération de Neurologie, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Email: [email protected]
Michel Clanet
Affiliation:
Fédération de Neurologie, CHU de Toulouse, France; Email: [email protected]
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Keywords

Multiple sclerosismodafinilfatigueneurotherapeuticsclinical trial
Type
Review Article
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Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 27 - 36
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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