A role for functional classification in the early identification of prognostic factors in ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 214-216

  Rauchway, Amy C ^a   Kaiboriboon, Kitti ^a   Bansal, Sachin K ^a   Kulkantrakorn, Kongkiat ^b   Guo, Xiaoyan ^c   Parks, Becky Jo ^d   Hayat, Ghazala R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Thammasat University ^*

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALSFRS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electrodiagnosis; Motor neuron disease; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547573329     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037060701318234     Document Type: Article

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