Brachial amyotrophic diplegia: A slowly progressive motor neuron disorder

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1071-1076

  Katz, Jonathan S ^a,d   Wolfe, G I ^b   Andersson, P B ^a   Saperstein, D S ^c   Elliott, J L ^b   Nations, S P ^b   Bryan, W W ^b   Barohn, R J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brachial amyotrophic diplegia; Focal amyotrophy; Man in the barrel syndrome; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033595565     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.5.1071     Document Type: Article

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