Fasciculation discharge frequency in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related disorders

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2257-2262

  de Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b   Swash, Michael ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Benign fasciculations; Fasciculation potentials; Primary lateral sclerosis; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FASCICULATION POTENTIAL FREQUENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ULNAR NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; AXON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AXONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL;

EID: 84960429273     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.02.011     Document Type: Article

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