The diagnostic pathway and prognosis in bulbar-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-85

  Turner, Martin R ^a   Scaber, Jakub ^a   Goodfellow, John A ^a   Lord, Melanie E ^a   Marsden, Rachael ^a   Talbot, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BULBAR ONSET AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOBILIZATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953288969     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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