Satellite potentials as a measure of neuromuscular disorders

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 585-592

  Finsterer, J ^a,b   Mamoli, B ^a,b  

^a Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhugel   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

late components; motor unit action potentials; needle electromyography; neuromuscular disorders; satellite potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030936622     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199705)20:5<585::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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