Dropped head syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-233

  Uemura, Masahiro ^a   Kosaka, Takayuki ^a   Shimohata, Takayoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Masanori ^a   Nishihira, Yasushi ^a,b   Toyoshima, Yasuko ^a   Yanagawa, Kaori ^a   Kawachi, Izumi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875704417     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.727424     Document Type: Article

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