MUNE

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 104-107

  Gooch, Clifton L ^a   Shefner, J M ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Biomarker; Clinical trials; Motor unit; Motor unit number estimation (MUNE)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 6944255243     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17434470410019889     Document Type: Article

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