Spreading of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis lesions-multifocal hits and local propagation?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-91

  Sekiguchi, Teruhiko ^a   Kanouchi, Tadashi ^b   Shibuya, Kazumoto ^c   Noto, Yu Ichi ^d   Yagi, Yohsuke ^e   Inaba, Akira ^f   Abe, Keisuke ^g   Misawa, Sonoko ^c   Orimo, Satoshi ^f   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^g   Kamata, Tomoyuki ^e   Nakagawa, Masanori ^d   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^c   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a   Yokota, Takanori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f The Mutualaid Association of Public School Teachers)   (Japan)

^g Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 84891825503     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305617     Document Type: Article

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