Cervical radiculopathies: Comparison of surgical and EMG localization of single-root lesions

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1022-1025

  Levin, Kerry H ^a   Maggiano, Holly J ^a   Wilbourn, Asa J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029927886     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.1022     Document Type: Article

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