Early or late appearance of "dropped head syndrome" in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 683-686

  Gourie Devi, M ^a,b   Nalini, A ^a   Sandhya, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Doctors Apartments   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK; POSTURE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038638022     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.5.683     Document Type: Article

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