Primary lateral sclerosis may occur within familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pedigrees

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 154-156

  Praline, Julien ^a,b   Guennoc, Anne Marie ^a   Vourc'H, Patrick ^b   De Toffol, Bertrand ^a   Corcia, Philippe ^a,b  

^a ALS Centre   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor neuron diseases; Primary lateral sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PARESTHESIA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77649283772     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960802483038     Document Type: Article

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