Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-motor neuron disease, monoclonal gammopathy, hyperparathyroidism, and B12 deficiency: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rison, Richard A ^a,b   Beydoun, Said R ^b  

^a Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHASIA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON REFLEX;

EID: 77956472195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-298     Document Type: Review

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