Somatosensory evoked potentials after magnetic stimulation at different points of the body in normal subjects and in patients with syringomyelia

Functional Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Masur, Harald ^a   Klostermann, Fabian ^a,b   Oberwittler, Christoph ^a   Papke, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

magnetic stimulation; SEP; syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; SPINAL CORD LESION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0030498462     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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