Fasciculation-cramp syndrome preceding anterior horn cell disease: An intermediate syndrome?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-461

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Swash, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRAMP FASCICULATION SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 79952711462     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.194019     Document Type: Article

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