Ectopic impulse generation and autoexcitation in single myelinated afferent fibers in patients with peripheral neuropathy and positive sensory symptoms

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1661-1667

  Campero, Mario ^a   Serra, Jordi ^a   Marchettini, Paolo ^a   Ochoa, José L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic generation; Microneurography; Neuropathy; Pain; Paresthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKIN;

EID: 0031757082     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199812)21:12<1661::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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