Flaviviruses in motor neuron disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-109

  Pamphlett, Roger ^a   Kum Jew, Stephen ^a   King, Nicholas J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Flavivirus infection; Motor neuron disease; Muscular atrophy; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 21444433504     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20320     Document Type: Article

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