Ratios of nerve conduction parameters in proximal to distal limbs remain constant through the second to the eighth decades

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Kurokawa, K ^a   Tanaka, E ^b   Yamashita, H ^b   Kohriyama, T ^b   Mimori, Y ^b   Nakamura, S ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERONEUS NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031746639     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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