Diagnostic value of in situ muscle fiber conduction velocity measurements in myopathies

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Naumann, M ^a,b   Reiners, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MYOPATHY;

EID: 0029927557     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00198.x     Document Type: Article

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