Diagnostic timelines and delays in diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 453-456

  Paganoni, Sabrina ^a,b   Macklin, Eric A ^a   Lee, Alexandra ^a   Murphy, Alyssa ^a   Chang, Judith ^a   Zipf, Amanda ^a   Cudkowicz, Merit ^a   Atassi, Nazem ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Predictor; Timeline

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; SYMPTOM; TIME; AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906331096     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2014.903974     Document Type: Article

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