Quantitative sensory testing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-204

  Yarnitsky, David ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

psychophysics; sensory; thermal; threshold; vibratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; IMPOTENCE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0031046216     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199702)20:2<198::aid-mus10>3.3.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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