The physiological basis of conduction slowing in ALS patients homozygous for the D90A CuZn-SOD mutation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-97

  Weber, Markus ^a,b   Eisen, Andrew ^a   Stewart, Heather G ^a   Andersen, Peter M ^a   Hirota, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Central motor conduction time; Corticomotoneuronal system; D90A CuZn SOD mutation; Magnetic stimulation; Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0035171170     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200101)24:1<89::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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