Does surgery accelerate progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 643-646

  Pinto, Susana ^a   Swash, Michael ^a,b   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE SCORE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84899980264     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305770     Document Type: Article

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