Muscular Echovariation: A New Biomarker in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1153-1162

  Martínez Payá, Jacinto J ^a   del Baño Aledo, María Elena ^a   Ríos Díaz, José ^a,b   Tembl Ferrairó, José I ^c   Vázquez Costa, Juan F ^c,d,e   Medina Mirapeix, Francesc ^f  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA DEL HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS IDISSC   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Clinical neurology examination; Observational study; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; STATISTICS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL NEUROLOGY EXAMINATION; ECHO INTENSITY; HEALTHY CONTROLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

BIOMARKERS;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOVARIATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCLE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85017184587     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.02.002     Document Type: Article

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