Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX): A novel neurophysiological technique to follow disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-384

  Neuwirth, Christoph ^a   Nandedkar, Sanjeev ^b   Stålberg, Erik ^c   Weber, Markus ^a  

^a Neuromuscular Diseases Unit   (Switzerland)

^b Cardinal Health   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Marker of disease progression; MUNE; MUNIX; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956028477     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21707     Document Type: Article

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