Sympathetic skin response in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 276-279

  Miscio, G ^a,b   Pisano, F ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Institute   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Autonomic nervous system; EMG; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0031680524     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07308.x     Document Type: Article

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