Corneomandibular reflex in ALS

Authors
Okuda, B Kodama, N Kawabata, K Tachibana, H Sugita, M
Citation
B. Okuda et al., Corneomandibular reflex in ALS, NEUROLOGY, 52(8), 1999, pp. 1699-1701
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1699 - 1701
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(19990512)52:8<1699:CRIA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
To clarify the diagnostic value of corneomandibular reflex (CMR) in ALS, th e authors examined the prevalence of CMR and other pathologic reflexes in 4 2 patients with ALS and 110 patients with stroke. A total of 30 of 42 ALS p atients had positive CMR. Compared with the patients with hemiparesis or ps eudobulbar palsy after stroke, the ALS patients showed a significantly high er frequency of CMR but no other pathologic reflexes. CMR is a sensitive in dicator of upper motor neuron involvement in ALS.