Fibrillation and sharp-waves: Do we need them to diagnose ALS?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-32

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b   Bentes, Carla ^a   Evangelista, Teresinha ^a   Luís, M L Sales ^a  

^a Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Fibrillation; Sharp waves; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0033487443     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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