Inappropriate surgeries resulting from misdiagnosis of early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Jayashri Srinivasan; Stephanie Scala; Royden Jones; Firas Saleh; James A Russell

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Inappropriate surgeries resulting from misdiagnosis of early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

October 25, 2006

Srinivasan J, Scala S, Jones R, et al. Muscle Nerve. 2006;34(3):359-60.

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The investigators analyzed medical records of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). They discovered that, prior to diagnosis, some patients had surgery for issues that in retrospect were signs of early ALS.

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