Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of long duration mimicking spinal progressive muscular atrophy exists: Additional autopsy case with a clinical course of 19 years

Neuropathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 228-235

  Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a,b,c   Sano, Michio ^d   Shiotsu, Hidetoshi ^c   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b   Watabiki, Sadakiyo ^c   Taki, Kazuhiro ^c   Kondo, Hiromi ^b   Nakano, Imaharu ^e   Ikeda, Kenji ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Musashisakai Hospital   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Betz cell; Neuropathology; Pyramidal tract; Spinal progressive muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TONGUE DISEASE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644247990     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2004.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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