Ultrasonographic detection of fasciculations markedly increases diagnostic sensitivity of ALS

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1532-1537

  Misawa, S ^a   Noto, Y ^a,b   Shibuya, K ^a   Isose, S ^a   Sekiguchi, Y ^a   Nasu, S ^a   Kuwabara, S ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FIRST DORSALIS INTEROSSEOUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; PARASPINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TONGUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 82955167987     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318233b36a     Document Type: Article

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