Neurology.
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Frequency: Forty eight no. a year, 2007-
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
American Academy of Neurology.
Start Year:1951 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0028-3878 (Print) 1526-632X (Electronic) 0028-3878 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0401060 |
| (OCoLC): | 01713610 |
| (DNLM): | N13020000(s) |
| Coden: | NEURAI |
| LCCN: | 55043902 |
| Classification: | W1 NE337 |
Risk factors associated with equine motor neuron disease: a possible model for human MND. Equine motor neuron disease (EMND), a newly described neurodegenerative disease, bears a striking resemblance to progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) in humans. We present a comparison of the equine and human diseases and the results of a case-control study conducted to identify intrinsic factors associated with EMND. Cases included all horses with a confirmed diagnosis of EMND diagnosed in the United States since 1985 (32 cases). Controls included horses diagnosed with either cervical stenotic myelopathy, equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy, or protozoan myelitis at the Veterinary Teaching ...