The awaji criteria for diagnosis of ALS

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 456-

  de Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Dengler, Reinhard ^b   Eisen, Andrew ^c   England, John D ^d   Kaji, Ryuji ^e   Kimura, Jun ^f   Mills, Kerry ^g   Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^h   Nodera, Hiroyuki ⁱ   Shefner, Jeremy ^j   Swash, Michael ^b,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^k QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80052044003     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22175     Document Type: Letter

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