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020			_a9781912776122 (PDF ebook) : _cNo price
020			_z9781912776115 (pbk.) : _cNo price
020			_z9781912776122
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _erda _epn
060		4	_aWE 552
100	1		_aTurner, Martin R., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDiagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / _h[E-Book]
264		1	_aAbingdon : _bKarger, _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource (101 pages) : _billustrations (black and white, and colour).
490	1		_aFast facts
500			_aAlso issued in print: 2020.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aA diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that exerts a notorious life-shortening physical toll. Understandably, clinicians are keen to avoid a wrong diagnosis when there are such serious consequences, but any delay in diagnosis can result in unnecessary, and sometimes harmful, interventions, and prevents prompt implementation of much-needed physical and emotional support. Starting from the premise that ALS is not one disease but a syndrome, with a spectrum of upper and lower motor neuron involvement, this highly readable resource examines the causes of diagnostic delay and how to avoid them. With no diagnostic test to confirm the disease, no mandatory investigations and very few plausible 'ALS mimics', the authors take a pragmatic approach to what must always be a clinical diagnosis.
521			_aSpecialized.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 16, 2023).
650		0	_aAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis _xDiagnosis.
650		2	_aAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis _xdiagnosis.
700	1		_aJenkins, Liberty, _eauthor.
830		0	_aFast facts.
856			_u#gotoholdings _yAccess resource
999			_c96887 _d96887