Primary lateral sclerosis: Clinical and laboratory features in 25 patients

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Singer, Mike A ^a   Kojan, Suleiman ^b   Barohn, Richard J ^b   Herbelin, Laura ^b   Nations, Sharon P ^a   Trivedi, Jaya R ^a   Jackson, Carlayne E ^c   Burns, Dennis K ^a   Boyer, Philip J ^a   Wolfe, Gil I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor neuron disease; Primary lateral sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24344467541     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cnd.0000176974.61136.45     Document Type: Article

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