Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-345

  Krivickas, Lisa S ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EL ESCORIAL CRITERIA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACILITATION; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAMBERT CRITERIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0038012772     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00119-5     Document Type: Review

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