Posterior tibial somatosensory evoked potentials in very preterm infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-84

  Pike, Alison A ^a   Marlow, Neil ^a   Dawson, Christine ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Roy Hosp Sick Children St M   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evoked somatosensory response; Posterior tibial nerve; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; TIBIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031037342     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(96)01774-4     Document Type: Article

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