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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 20, 2019 - Issue 5-6
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The split hand in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a possible role for the neuromuscular junction

Mamede de CarvalhoFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Physiology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ;Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, and Correspondence[email protected]
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Michael SwashFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Physiology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ;Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UKView further author information
Pages 368-375 | Received 01 Dec 2018, Accepted 05 Apr 2019, Published online: 06 May 2019

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Mamede de Carvalho & Michael Swash. (2019) The “split-leg” syndrome in ALS: specific or variable?. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 20:7-8, pages 615-616.
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Dhay Mohammed Ali Abdul-wahab & Akram Al-Mahdawi. (2023) Split limb phenomenon in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: electrophysiologic study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 59:1.
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Wei-Zhen Lu, Hui-An Lin, Sen-Kuang Hou, Cheng-Fan Lee, Chyi-Huey Bai & Sheng-Feng Lin. (2022) Split-hand index for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis: A frequentist and Bayesian meta-analysis. Clinical Neurophysiology 143, pages 56-66.
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A. Verschueren, C. Palminha, E. Delmont & S. Attarian. (2022) Changes in neuromuscular function in elders: Novel techniques for assessment of motor unit loss and motor unit remodeling with aging. Revue Neurologique 178:8, pages 780-787.
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Shunsuke Watanabe, Kenji Sekiguchi, Yoshikatsu Noda & Riki Matsumoto. (2022) Clinical Utility of Repetitive Nerve Stimulation Test in Differentiating Multifocal Motor Neuropathy From Progressive Muscular Atrophy. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 23:4, pages 175-182.
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Gonçalo Pechirra, Michael Swash & Mamede de Carvalho. (2022) The senile hand: Age effects on intrinsic hand muscle CMAP amplitudes influence split‐hand index calculations . Muscle & Nerve 65:4, pages 463-467.
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Nathan Pavey, Mana Higashihara, Mehdi A.J. van den Bos, Parvathi Menon & Steve Vucic. (2022) The split-elbow index: A biomarker of the split elbow sign in ALS. Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 7, pages 16-20.
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A. A. Abramova, A. G. Broutian & M. N. Zakharova. (2022) Exploring the Split-Hand Phenomenon in ALS with Motor unit Number Index (MUNIX). Human Physiology 47:8, pages 854-860.
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Andrew Eisen & Peter Bede. (2021) The strength of corticomotoneuronal drive underlies ALS split phenotypes and reflects early upper motor neuron dysfunction. Brain and Behavior 11:12.
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Xuan Kang & Dianna Quan. (2021) Electrodiagnostic Assessment of Motor Neuron Disease. Neurologic Clinics 39:4, pages 1071-1081.
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Philippe Corcia, Peter Bede, Pierre-François Pradat, Philippe Couratier, Steve Vucic & Mamede de Carvalho. (2021) Split-hand and split-limb phenomena in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: pathophysiology, electrophysiology and clinical manifestations. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 92:10, pages 1126-1130.
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Nan Hu, Jingyi Wang & Mingsheng Liu. (2021) Split hand in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 90, pages 293-301.
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Masahiro Sonoo, Kazusa Takahashi, Yuichi Hamada, Keiichi Hokkoku & Shunsuke Kobayashi. (2020) Split-finger syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 91:11, pages 1235-1236.
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André Caetano & Mamede de Carvalho. (2020) Modulation of neuromuscular transmission using transcutaneous direct currents: An exploratory study. Neurophysiologie Clinique 50:5, pages 315-320.
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Michael Swash, David Burke, Martin R Turner, Julian Grosskreutz, P Nigel Leigh, Mamede deCarvalho & Matthew C Kiernan. (2020) Occasional essay: Upper motor neuron syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 91:3, pages 227-234.
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