Increased incidence of deep venous thrombosis in ALS

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-77

  Qureshi, M Muddasir ^a   Cudkowicz, Merit E ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Raynor, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CREATINE; TOPIRAMATE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAL CAPACITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846080956     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250444.30622.ee     Document Type: Article

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