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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Electrodiagnostic tests are essential for the diagnostic workup of a patient with suspected amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is also important to exclude other conditions such as myopathy, neuromuscular transmission disorders, demyelinating polyneuropathy, plexopathy, and radiculopathy.

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  1. Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Abdul Qayyum Rana

  2. McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Ali T. Ghouse

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Raghav Govindarajan

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Rana, A.Q., Ghouse, A.T., Govindarajan, R. (2017). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In: Neurophysiology in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39342-1_17

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