Shortening the time to diagnosis in ALS: The role of electrodiagnostic studies

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Swash, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALS; diagnosis; electrodiagnosis; electromyography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0002261343     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820050515359     Document Type: Article

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