Muscle ultrasonography as an additional diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 820-827

  Grimm, A ^a   Prell, T ^b   Decard B F ^a   Schumacher, U ^b   Witte, O W ^b   Axer, H ^b   Grosskreutz, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electromyography; Myosonography; Neuromuscular; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924809097     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.06.052     Document Type: Article

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