Sural/radial amplitude ratio in the diagnosis of mild axonal polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1236-1241

  Rutkove, Seward B ^a   Kothari, Milind J ^b   Raynor, Elizabeth M ^a   Levy, Michele L ^a   Fadic, Ricardo ^a   Nardin, Rachel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Axonal degeneration; Polyneuropathy; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030772730     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199710)20:10<1236::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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