Focality of upper and lower motor neuron degeneration at the clinical onset of ALS

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1571-1575

  Ravits, John ^a,b   Paul, Piper ^a   Jorg, Cathy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248202138     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000260965.20021.47     Document Type: Article

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