Use of Bayesian MUNE to show differing rate of loss of motor units in subgroups of ALS

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2446-2453

  Baumann, F ^a,b   Henderson, R D ^a,b   Ridall, P G ^c,d   Pettitt, A N ^d   McCombe, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALS; Disease phenotypes; Exponential decay; Motor unit; MUNE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869079262     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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