Madras motor neuron disease (MMND): Clinical description and survival pattern of 116 patients from Southern India seen over 36 years (1971-2007)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 65-73

  Nalini, A ^a   Thennarasu, K ^a   Yamini, B K ^a   Shivashankar, D ^a   Krishna, Nithin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Deafness; Madras motor neuron disease; MMND; MND; Southern India

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INHERITANCE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MADRAS MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; OPTIC ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049138332     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.12.026     Document Type: Article

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