Abnormalities of somatosensory and motor evoked potentials in adrenomyeloneuropathy: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging and clinical findings

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1249-1257

  Restuccia, Domenico ^a   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^a   Oliviero, Antonio ^a   Le Pera, Domenica ^a   Barba, Carmen ^a   Cappa, Marco ^b   Bertini, Enrico ^b   Tonali, Pietro ^a,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CSS Hospital IRCSS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenoleukodystrophy; Adrenomyeloneuropathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIAN NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030867314     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199710)20:10<1249::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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