Distinctive electrophysiological features of denervated muscle in uremic patients

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Bolton, Charles F ^a,b   Remtulla, Hussein ^a   Toth, Betsy ^a   Bernardi, Linda ^a   Lindsay, Robert M ^a   Maryniak, Oleh ^a   Burton, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denervation potentials; Electrophysiology; Muscle; Uremia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UREMIA; UREMIC POLYNEUROPATHY;

EID: 0031395019     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199711000-00011     Document Type: Article

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