Longitudinal study of fiber density and motor unit number estimate in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 573-578

  Yuen, Eric C ^a,b   Olney, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030864155     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.2.573     Document Type: Article

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