Reproducibility of different nerve conduction velocity measurements in healthy test subjects and patients suffering from diabetic polyneuropathy

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 359-363

  Husstedt, I W ^a   Evers, St ^a   Grotemeyer, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Neurologische Abt W   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030881594     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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