Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Mortality risk during the course of the disease and prognostic factors

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Louwerse, E S ^a   Visser, C E ^b   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Weverling, G J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Mortality; Motor neuron disease; Prognosis; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030712050     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00238-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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