Electrophysiologic and histologic studies in clinically unaffected muscles of patients with prior paralytic poliomyelitis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1413-1420

  Luciano, Carlos A ^a   Sivakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Spector, Sidney A ^a   Dalakas, Marinos C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

macro EMG; morphometry; poliomyelitis; postpolio syndrome; reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PARALYSIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME;

EID: 0029800463     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199611)19:11<1413::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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