Defining optimal management in ALS
Subtitle: from first symptoms to announcement
By: Benjamin Rix Brooks, supplement editor.
Contributors: Brooks, Benjamin Rix, 1942-
Series: Neurology -- v. 53, no. 8, Supplement 5 (1999); Neurology -- v. 53, Supplement 5
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hagerstown, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Diagnosis.; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Treatment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Defining optimal management in ALS : from first symptoms to announcement / B.R. Brooks; value: Current treatment pathways in ALS : a European perspective / R. Dengler; value: Current treatment pathways in ALS : a South American perspective / A.L. Dubrovsky and R.E.P. Sica; value: Conceptual approach to diagnostic delay in ALS : a United States perspective / D. Gelinas; value: Defining optimal management in ALS : group discussion 1; value: Presentation of ALS to the otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon : getting to the neurologist / A. Hillel ... [et al.]; value: Diagnostic challenges in ALS / J.M. Belsh; value: Simplifying the approach : what can we do? / M.J. Strong; value: Defining optimal management in ALS : group discussion 2; value: Honesty and hope : announcement of diagnosis in ALS / V. Silani and G.D. Borasio; value: Defining optimal management in ALS : group discussion 3; value: What are the implications of early diagnosis? : Maintaining optimal health as long as possible / B.R. Brooks; value: Do the benefits of currently available treatments justify earlier diagnosis and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? : Arguments against / A.C. Ludolph and M.W. Riepe; value: Do the benefits of currently available treatments justify earlier diagnosis and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? :  Arguments for / N.R. Cashman; value: Earlier is better : the benefits of early diagnosis / B.R. Brooks; value: Defining optimal management in ALS : group discussion 4; value: An algorithm for ALS diagnosis and management / M. Swash; value: Integrating the algorithm into community practice / W.H. Smithson; value: Defining optimal management in ALS : group discussion 5; value: Closing remarks / B.R. Brooks.