A predictive model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 68-72

  Gupta, P K ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Sharma, S ^b   Anand, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Binary logistic regression; Chemokine ligand 1; Predictive model; Smoke; Statistical model; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84155172309     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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