Late-onset patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japan have a higher progression rate of ALSFRS-R at the time of diagnosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 579-584

  Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Yoshikura, Nobuaki ^a   Harada, Naoko ^a   Yamada, Megumi ^a   Koumura, Akihiro ^a   Sakurai, Takeo ^a   Hayashi, Yuichi ^a   Kimura, Akio ^a   Hozumi, Isao ^a   Inuzuka, Takashi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Late onset; Progression rate; Rapidly progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 84863403452     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6148     Document Type: Article

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