Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Regional Variants (Brachial Amyotrophic Diplegia, Leg Amyotrophic Diplegia, and Isolated Bulbar Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 775-785

  Jawdat, Omar ^a   Statland, Jeffrey M ^a   Barohn, Richard J ^a   Katz, Jonathan S ^a,b   Dimachkie, Mazen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brachial amyotrophic diplegia; Flail arm; Flail leg; Isolated bulbar ALS; Leg amyotrophic diplegia; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL AMYOTROPHIC DIPLEGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATED BULBAR AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; LEG AMYOTROPHIC DIPLEGIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84946482616     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2015.07.003     Document Type: Review

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