Motor Neuron Disease. Biology and Management
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Motor neuron disease and its management.
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition, affecting pyramidal neurons of the corticospinal tract (upper motor neurons (UMN)), brainstem motor nerve nuclei and spinal cord anterior horn cells (lower motor neurons (LMN)). Clinical presentation varies, according to the site(s) affected and the relative balance between UMN and LMN signs (see Table 1). The term ‘amyotr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.5.594-a