Clinical features and differential diagnosis of flail arm syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 390-395

  Hübers, Annemarie ^a   Hildebrandt, Viviane ^a   Petri, Susanne ^b   Kollewe, Katja ^b   Hermann, Andreas ^c,d   Storch, Alexander ^c,d,e   Hanisch, Frank ^f   Zierz, Stephan ^f   Rosenbohm, Angela ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^a   Dorst, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Diagnostic criteria; Differential diagnosis; Flail arm syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RILUZOLE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLAIL ARM SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; ARM; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 84957850805     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7993-z     Document Type: Article

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