Somatosensory and motor evoked potential changes in patients with Pott's paraplegia

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 272-276

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pott's paraplegia; somatosensory and motor evoked potentials; tuberculosis of the spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0029992686     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.49     Document Type: Article

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