A prospective pilot study measuring muscle volumetric change in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 414-423

  Jenkins, Thomas M ^a,d   Burness, Christine ^d   Connolly, Daniel J ^b   Rao, D Ganesh ^d   Hoggard, Nigel ^b   Mawson, Susan ^c   Mcdermott, Christopher J ^a,d   Wilkinson, Iain D ^b   Shaw, Pamela J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALS; Magnetic resonance; MND; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84881330636     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2013.795597     Document Type: Review

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