Electromyography of the external anal sphincter in patients with parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy: Frequency of abnormal spontaneous activity and polyphasic motor unit potentials

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1167-1172

  Schwarz, Johannes ^a   Kornhuber, Malte ^b   Bischoff, Christian ^b   Straube, Andreas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Electromyography; External anal sphincter; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0030795460     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199709)20:9<1167::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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