Lockhart Clarke's contribution to the description of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3470-3479

  Turner, Martin R ^a   Swash, Michael ^b,c   Ebers, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Charcot; Lockhart Clarke; motor neuron disease; Radcliffe

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 78049465388     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq097     Document Type: Review

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