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J M Godoy1, M A de Oliveira, J B de Moraes Neto
1Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
The authors report two cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) misdiagnosis (a craniocervical junction disorder, and a cervical spinal cord ependymoma). They review some causes of ALS-like syndrome and propose a protocol to be adopted for the study of all patients who present clinical abnormalities suggesting ALS.