A study of bulbar, upper extremity, and lower extremity motor function preservation at the time that respiratory symptoms appear in ALS

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 140-146

  Kimura, Fumiharu ^a   Fujimura, Chieko ^a   Ishida, Shimon ^a   Hosokawa, Takafumi ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a   Nakajima, Hideto ^a   Furutama, Daisuke ^a   Sugino, Masakazu ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALSFRS R; Bulbar palsy; Cervical lesion; Respiratory failure; TPPV

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRACHEOTOMY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 34249315117     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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