Muscle ultrasonography: A diagnostic tool for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Highlights ► Muscle ultrasound can differentiate between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and mimics with high sensitivity and specificity. ► Ultrasound is a sensitive tool to screen for regional lower motor neuron involvement. ► Ultrasound might reduce the number of muscles that require needle examina...
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Published in | Clinical neurophysiology Vol. 123; no. 8; pp. 1662 - 1667 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
01.08.2012
Elsevier |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Highlights ► Muscle ultrasound can differentiate between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and mimics with high sensitivity and specificity. ► Ultrasound is a sensitive tool to screen for regional lower motor neuron involvement. ► Ultrasound might reduce the number of muscles that require needle examination in the search for LMN involvement. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1388-2457 1872-8952 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.11.262 |