The clinical spectrum of isolated peripheral motor dysfunction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 358-362

  Sanderson, Alan B ^a   Arnold, W David ^a   Elsheikh, Bakri ^a   Kissel, John T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Isolated peripheral motor dysfunction; Motor neuron disease; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Progressive muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE A; CREATINE KINASE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CAG REPEAT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; KENNEDY DISEASE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84923016330     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24326     Document Type: Article

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