Prospective, blind study of the triple stimulation technique in the diagnosis of ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Kleine, Bert U ^a   Schelhaas, Helenius J ^b,c   Van Elswijk, Gijs ^a   De Rijk, Maarten C ^d,e   Stegeman, Dick F ^a,f   Zwarts, MacHiel J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands ALS Centre   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic study; STARD; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Upper motor neuron signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE STIMULATION; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIPLE STIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFACTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649293595     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903171128     Document Type: Article

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