Magnetic nerve root stimulation in two types of brachial plexus injury: Segmental demyelination and axonal degeneration

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 823-832

  Öge, A Emre ^a   Boyaciyan, Ari ^a   Gürvit, Hakan ^a   Yazici, Jale ^a   Deǧirmenci, Melahat ^a   Kantemir, Evin ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Human Rights Foundation of Turkey   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus lesions; Magnetic nerve root stimulation; Polyneuropathy; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Torture

Indexed keywords

HEXANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NECK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TORTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; AXONS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TORTURE;

EID: 0030948928     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199707)20:7<823::AID-MUS6>3.3.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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