Motor neuron disease with predominantly upper extremity involvement: A clinicopathological study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-650

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Autopsy; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; UBIQUITIN;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0032760308     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051131     Document Type: Article

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