Central motor conduction time in malnourished children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-325

  Tamer, S K ^a   Misra, S ^a   Jaiswal, S ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics and Neurology ^*

Author keywords

Central motor pathway; Malnutrition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030801842     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.4.323     Document Type: Article

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