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ALS-Plus syndrome: non-pyramidal features in a large ALS cohort.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Oct 2014
McCluskey Leo, Vandriel Shannon, Elman Lauren, Van Deerlin Vivianna M, Powers John, Boller Ashley, Wood Elisabeth McCarty, Woo John, McMillan Corey T, Rascovsky Katya, Grossman Murray
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OBJECTIVE: Autopsy studies show widespread pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but clinical surveys of multisystem disease in ALS are rare. We investigated ALS-Plus syndrome, an understudied group of patients with clinical features extending beyond pyramidal and neuromuscular systems with or without cognitive/behavioral deficits. METHODS: In a large, consecutively-ascertained cohort of 550 patients...
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