Persistent increased threshold of electrical stimulation selective to motor nerve in multifocal motor neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 823-828

  Yokota, Takanori ^a   Saito, Yukinobu ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

conduction block; multifocal motor neuropathy; nodal property; sodium channel; threshold

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030003040     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880190702     Document Type: Article

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