A Clinical Scale for Rating the Severity of Bulbar Lower Motor Neuron Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

A Clinical Scale for Rating the Severity of Bulbar Lower Motor Neuron Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by the progressive loss of upper (UMN) and lower motor neurons (LMN) in four different body regions (bulbar, cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral). Over the past decades, several clinical scoring systems have been developed to assess th...

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Main Authors: Stefano Zoccolella, Alessia Giugno, Giammarco Milella, Marco Filardi, Alessandro Introna, Angela Fraddosio, Eustachio D’Errico, Valentina Gnoni, Ludovica Tamburrino, Daniele Urso, Francesca Caputo, Salvatore Misceo, Giancarlo Logroscino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
lower motor neuron
bulbar region
survival
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/7/2039

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