Ataxia-telangiectasia: Somatosensory, brainstem auditory and motor evoked potentials in six patients

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-73

  Scarpini, C ^a   Mondelli, M ^a   Guazzi, G C ^a   Federico, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY;

EID: 0030063551     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15034.x     Document Type: Article

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