Longitudinal analysis of age at onset and initial symptom of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 377-380

  Shimohata, Takayoshi ^a   Yanagawa, Kaori ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS; Bulbar palsy; Initial symptom; Senile onset

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748940242     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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