Value of sphincter electromyography in the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1396-1403

  Palace, Jackie ^a   Chandiramani, Vijay A ^a   Fowler, Clare J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; Onuf's nucleus; Parkinsonism; Sphincter electromyography; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REINNERVATION; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0030841439     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199711)20:11<1396::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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