Case-Control Studies of Motor Neuron Disease: Association With Mechanical Injuries

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 220-226

  Kondo, Kiyotaro ^a   Tsubaki, Tadao ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROGRESSIVE BULBAR PARALYSIS; PROGRESSIVE NEUROGENIC MUSCLE ATROPHY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0019459936     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1981.00510040046007     Document Type: Article

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