Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

References

Citations

  1. Younger DS, Hanif S (2003). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In RW Evans, ed., Saunders Manual of Neurologic Practice, pp. 550–554. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  2. Victor M, Ropper AH (2001). Degenerative diseases of the nervous system. In Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 7th ed., pp. 1153–1158. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  3. Rowland LP, Shneider NA (2001). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 344(22): 1688–1700.

  4. Miller RG, et al. (2006). Riluzole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/motor neuron disease (MND). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1). Oxford: Update Software.

  5. Miller RG, et al. (1999). Practice parameter: The care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (an evidence-based review). Neurology, 52: 1311–1323.

Other Works Consulted

  • Feldman EL (2004). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, vol. 2, pp. 2316–2319. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Rowland LP, et al. (2005). Hereditary and acquired motor neuron diseases. In LP Rowland, ed., Merritt's Neurology, 11th ed., pp. 861–870. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.


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Author: Monica RhodesLast Updated: September 7, 2006
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Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology

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