Clinical evolution of pure upper motor neuron disease/dysfunction (PUMMD)

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-32

  D'amico, Emanuele ^a   Pasmantier, Meredith ^a   Lee, Yei Won ^a   Weimer, Louis ^a   Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lower motor neuron; Motor neuron disease; Pure upper motor neuron disease dysfunction; Upper motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER MOTONEURON DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE UPPER MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871312207     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23496     Document Type: Article

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