Leg amyotrophic diplegia: Prevalence and pattern of weakness at us neuromuscular centers

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-12

  Dimachkie, Mazen M ^a,b   Muzyka, Iryna M ^a   Katz, Jonathan S ^c   Jackson, Carlayne ^d   Wang, Yunxia ^a   McVey, April L ^a   Dick, Arthur ^a   Pasnoor, Mamatha ^a   Mozaffar, M Tahseen ^e   Xiao Song, Z ^f   Kissel, John T ^f   Ensrud, E ^g,h   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey ⁱ   Barohn, Richard J ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; leg amyotrophic diplegia; progressive motor dysfunction; progressive muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG AMYOTROPHIC DIPLEGIA; LEG DISEASE; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; ONSET AGE; PARALYSIS; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; REFLEX DISORDER; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE OF ONSET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883616334     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e31829e22d1     Document Type: Article

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