Progressive muscle atrophy. A rarely diagnosed variant of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;Progressive muskelatrophie. Eine unterdiagnostizierte variante der amyotrophen lateralsklerose

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Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1383-1388

  Meyer, T ^a   Munch C ^b   Van Landeghem, F K H ^a   Borisow, N ^a   Dullinger, J ^a   Linke, P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Judisches Krankenhaus Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lower motor neuron; Motor neuron disease; Progressive muscle atrophy; Second motor neuron

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 36649021170     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-007-2288-y     Document Type: Review

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