Preserved widespread N18 and progressive loss of P13/14 of median nerve SEPs in a patient with unilateral medial medullary syndrome

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 488-492

  Sonoo, Masahiro ^a   Hagiwara, Hiroki ^a   Motoyoshi, Yasufumi ^a   Shimizu, Teruo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cuneate nucleus; medial medullary syndrome; median nerve; P13 14; somatosensory evoked potential; widespread N18

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030293063     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(96)96023-2     Document Type: Article

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