Primary lateral sclerosis: A heterogeneous disorder composed of different subtypes?

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1258-1265

  Zhai, P ^a   Pagan, F ^a   Statland, J ^a   Butman, J A ^b   Floeter, Mary Kay ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STARTLE REFLEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0037461315     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000058900.02672.D2     Document Type: Article

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