Involvement of the external anal sphincter in amyotrophick lateral sclerosis

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 848-853

  Carvalho, M ^a   Schwartz, M S ^b   Swash, M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bulbocavernosus reflex; incontinence; neuromuscular jitter; sphincter muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANUS; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029146633     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880180808     Document Type: Article

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