Motor unit number estimation (MUNE): How may it contribute to the diagnosis of ALS?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Olney, Richard K ^a   Lomen Hoerth, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; diagnosis; electrophysiology; motor neuron disease; motor unit number estimation

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0006068155     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608200300079473     Document Type: Article

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