The contribution of median nerve seps in the functional assessment of the cervical spinal cord in syringomyelia: A STUDY of 24 patients

Brain

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 361-379

  Restuccia, Domenico ^a   Mauguière, François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0026101166     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/114.1.361     Document Type: Article

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