Hepatic Ultrastructural Changes and Liver Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 103-106

  Nakano, Yoshizumi ^a   Hirayama, Keizo ^a   Terao, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a West Indies

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ORGANOIDS;

EID: 0023270442     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1987.00520130079022     Document Type: Article

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