Experience with the Awaji Island modifications to the als diagnostic criteria

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 831-832

  Chen, Amy ^a   Weimer, Louis ^a   Brannagan III, Thomas ^a   Colin, Michael ^b   Andrews, Jinsy ^a   Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kaufmann, Petra ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ALS; Awaji; Diagnosis; EMG; MND

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 78149352584     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21841     Document Type: Article

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