Needle electromyography in the thoracic paraspinal muscles of motor neuron disease

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 637-642

  Kyuno, Katsuhiro ^a   Ito, Hiroaki ^a   Saito, Toyokazu ^a   Kowa, Hisayuki ^b   Tachibana, Shigekuni ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS; diagnosis; EMG; paraspinal muscle; respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029900858     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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