Impaired salivary gland function reveals autonomic dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1246-1249

  Giess, Ralf ^a,b   Werner, Edgar ^a   Beck, Marcus ^a   Reiners, Christoph ^a   Toyka, Klaus Victor ^a   Naumann, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Autonomic dysfunction; Botulinum toxin A; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SALIVARY GLANDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036041038     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0820-3     Document Type: Article

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