Fasciculation potentials: A diagnsotic biomarker of early ALS?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 948-

  Eisen, Andrew ^a   Vucic, Steve ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FASCICULATION POTENTIALS; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ALS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR; NEUROPHYSIOL, CLINICAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR; NEUROPHYSIOL, CLINICAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FASCICULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84881543260     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305036     Document Type: Note

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