Dermatomal and mixed nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in the diagnosis of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 423-434

  Cakmur, Raif ^a   Idiman, Fethi ^a   Akalin, Elif ^a   Genç, Ahmet ^a   Yener, Görsev G ^a   Öztürk, Vesile ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermatomal SEPs; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Thoracic outlet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031663887     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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