Liquorpheresis (CSF filtration) in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 592-593

  Finsterer, J ^a,b   Mamoli, B ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

CSF filtration; Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Liquorpheresis; Motor neuron disease; Paraparesis; Peak ratio interference pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FILTER; FILTRATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SYMPTOM; SYRINGE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032839342     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100857     Document Type: Article

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