Primary lateral sclerosis as a phenotypic manifestation of familial ALS

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1778-1779

  Brugman, Frans ^a   Wokke, J H J ^a   De Jong, J M B Vianney ^b   Franssen, H ^a   Faber, C G ^c   Van Den Berg, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SPINOBULBAR SPASTICITY; SPASTICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN STEM; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 18844364508     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000162033.47893.F7     Document Type: Article

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