Pudendal nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in paediatrics: Maturation aspects

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Perretti, A ^a   Savanelli, A ^b   Balbi, P ^c   De Bernardo, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maturation; Pudendal evoked potential; Tibial evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLITORIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031239080     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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