Gadolinium enhancement of the lumbar roots in a case of ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 207-209

  Young, Nathan P ^a   Laughlin, Ruple S ^a   Sorenson, Eric J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL ROOT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 77649323765     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960802642161     Document Type: Article

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