Motor unit number estimation, ALS and clinical trials

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-82

  Gooch, Clifton L ^a   Harati, Yadollah ^b  

^a Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; clinical trials; longitudinal studies; motor unit; motor unit number estimation; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0034158048     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820050515368     Document Type: Review

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