Neck weakness is a potent prognostic factor in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Ryoichi Nakamura; Naoki Atsuta; Hazuki Watanabe; Akihiro Hirakawa; Hirohisa Watanabe; Mizuki Ito; Jo Senda; Masahisa Katsuno; Fumiaki Tanaka; Yuishin Izumi; Mitsuya Morita; Kotaro Ogaki; Akira Taniguchi; Ikuko Aiba; Koichi Mizoguchi; Koichi Okamoto; Kazuko Hasegawa; Masashi Aoki; Akihiro Kawata; Koji Abe; Masaya Oda; Masaaki Konagaya; Takashi Imai; Masanori Nakagawa; Shoji Tsuji; Ryuji Kaji; Imaharu Nakano; Gen Sobue

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2013-306020

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Neck weakness is a potent prognostic factor in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

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Ryoichi Nakamura Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Naoki Atsuta Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hazuki Watanabe Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Akihiro Hirakawa Biostatistics Section, Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hirohisa Watanabe Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mizuki Ito Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jo Senda Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masahisa Katsuno Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fumiaki Tanaka Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yuishin Izumi Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mitsuya Morita Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kotaro Ogaki Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Akira Taniguchi Department of Neurology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ikuko Aiba Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Higashinagoya National Hospital, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Koichi Mizoguchi Department of Neurology, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Koichi Okamoto Department of Neurology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kazuko Hasegawa Division of Neurology, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masashi Aoki Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Akihiro Kawata Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Koji Abe Department of Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masaya Oda Department of Neurology, Vihara Hananosato Hospital, Miyoshi, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masaaki Konagaya Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization, Suzuka National Hospital, Suzuka, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Takashi Imai Division of Neurology, National Hospital Organization, Miyagi National Hospital, Miyagi, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masanori Nakagawa Director of North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shoji Tsuji Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ryuji Kaji Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Imaharu Nakano Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gen Sobue Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Gen Sobue, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466–8550 Japan; sobueg{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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Nakamura R, Atsuta N, Watanabe H, et al

Neck weakness is a potent prognostic factor in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2013;84:1365-1371.

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Received June 3, 2013
Revised July 17, 2013
Accepted July 18, 2013
First published August 9, 2013.

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November 13, 2013

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