Pseudopolyneuritic form of ALS revisited: Clinical and pathological heterogeneity

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Kobayashi, Zen ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^b,c   Arai, Tetsuaki ^b   Yokota, Osamu ^b,d   Watabiki, Sadakiyo ^e   Ishizu, Hideki ^f   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Musashino Health Development Foundation   (Japan)

^f Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon reflex; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; heterogeneity; pseudopolyneuritic form; TDP 43

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSACTIVE RESPONSE DNA BINDING PROTEIN WITH A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 43 KDA; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOPOLYNEURITIC FORM OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77954830050     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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