Bereitschaftspotential in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): Lower amplitudes in patients with hyperreflexia (spasticity)

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Westphal, K P ^a,b   Heinemann, H A ^a   Grozinger B ^a   Kotchoubey, B J ^a   Diekmann, V ^a   Becker, W ^a   Kornhuber, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Bereitschaftspotential; EEG; Motor potentials; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0031777954     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07372.x     Document Type: Article

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