Open AccessCount of fasciculation in ultrasound can predict the prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Author(s) -
Hiroyuki Todo,
Katsuya Nishida,
Ryuki Ando,
Hiroshi Yamasaki,
Naonobu Futamura,
Itaru Funakawa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/aian.aian_429_18
Subject(s) - fasciculation , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , medicine , clinical endpoint , observational study , disease , clinical trial , anesthesia
Although muscle ultrasound (MUS) is known to facilitate the diagnosis and evaluation of the severity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the number of fasciculation has been scarcely examined as a predictive marker of the prognosis in ALS.