Awaji criteria for the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1410-1416

  Costa, João ^a   Swash, Michael ^a,c   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MOTONEURON; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868585557     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.254     Document Type: Review

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