Superficial siderosis mimicking amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Driver Dunckley, Erika D ^a   Hoxworth, Joseph M ^b   Patel, Naresh P ^a   Bosch, E Peter ^a   Goodman, Brent P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Wilford Hall Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Ataxia; Superficial siderosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDEROSIS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROLACTIN; SIDEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949452064     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e3181ca3712     Document Type: Review

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