Muscle histopathology in upper motor neuron-dominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Sorarù, Gianni ^a   D'Ascenzo, Carla ^a   Nicolao, Piero ^a   Volpe, Marco ^a   Martignago, Sara ^a   Palmieri, Arianna ^a   Romeo, Vincenzo ^a   Koutsikos, Konstantinos ^b   Piccione, Francesco ^b   Cima, Valentina ^a   Pegoraro, Elena ^a   Angelini, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lower motor neuron; Primary lateral sclerosis; Skeletal muscle; Upper motor neuron

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOM; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 52649154673     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960802206801     Document Type: Article

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