ALS-plus syndrome: Non-pyramidal features in a large ALS cohort

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 118-124

  McCluskey, Leo ^a   Vandriel, Shannon ^a   Elman, Lauren ^a   Van Deerlin, Vivianna M ^a   Powers, John ^a   Boller, Ashley ^a   Wood, Elisabeth McCarty ^a   Woo, John ^a   McMillan, Corey T ^a   Rascovsky, Katya ^a   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognitive; Genetics; Non neuromuscular; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CDC48 PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TDP-43; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84908220135     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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