Effect of ultrahigh-dose methylcobalamin on compound muscle action potentials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A double-blind controlled study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1775-1778

  Kaji, Ryuji ^a   Kodama, Mitsuo ^a   Imamura, Atsuko ^a   Hashida, Thoru ^a   Kohara, Nobuo ^a   Ishizu, Masahiro ^a   Inui, Kennichi ^a   Kimura, Jun ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Compound muscle action potentials; Methylcobalamin; Therapy

Indexed keywords

MECOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031761315     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199812)21:12<1775::AID-MUS22>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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