Sporadic lower motor neuron disease with adult onset: classification of subtypes
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Sporadic lower motor neuron disease with adult onset: classification of subtypes.
The discovery of the genetic basis of hereditary lower motor neuron disease (LMND) and the recognition of multifocal motor neuropathy as a distinct clinical entity necessitate a new classification of LMND. To this end, we studied the clinical and electrophysiological features of 49 patients with sporadic adult-onset LMND in a cross-sectional study. Disease duration was more than 4 years to excl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0006-8950,1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg117