Are fibrillation potentials and positive sharp waves the same? No

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-220

  Kraft, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

denervation; fibrillation potentials; positive sharp waves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0030053582     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199602)19:2<216::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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