The onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-389

  De Carvalho, M ^a,c   Swash, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 33644506774     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.073031     Document Type: Article

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