Muscle fiber conduction velocity in the diagnosis of familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis—invasive versus surface determination

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 898-905

  van der Hoeven, J H ^a   Links, T P ^a   Zwarts, M J ^a   van Weerden, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carrier detection; hypokalemic periodic paralysis; muscle fiber conduction velocity; surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS;

EID: 0028146197     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880170809     Document Type: Article

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