Facts, fallacies, and fancies of nerve conduction studies: Twenty-first annual Edward H. Lambert lecture

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 777-787

  Kimura, Jun ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conduction block; Inching technique; Late responses; Nerve conduction studies; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; EYELID REFLEX; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE LESION; NERVE STIMULATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0031005280     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199707)20:7<777::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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