Extraocular Muscles in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease of motor neurons characterized by muscle paralysis and death within 3-5 years of onset. However, due to unknown mechanisms, the extraocular muscles (EOMs) remain remarkably unaffected. The EOMs are highly specialized muscl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tjust, Anton
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Anatomi 2017
Subjects:
ALS
EOM
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-129638
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7601-618-3