The relationship between limb dominance, disease lateralization and spread of weakness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-151

  Devine, Matthew S ^a   Woodhouse, Helen ^a   McCombe, Pam A ^a,b   Henderson, Robert D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUSTRALIA; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875472804     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.725416     Document Type: Article

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