Split-hand plus sign in ALS: Differential involvement of the flexor pollicis longus and intrinsic hand muscles

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-318

  Menon, Parvathi ^a   Bae, Jong Seok ^b,d   Mioshi, Eneida ^b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^b,c   Vucic, Steve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Excitotoxicity; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLIT HAND PLUS SIGN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84877870610     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2012.734521     Document Type: Article

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