Afterdischarges following F waves observed in a patient with tetanus

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 377-380

  Saito, M ^a   Suehara, M ^a   Nagata, A ^a   Kanzato, N ^a   Arimura, K ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization Okinawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; TETANUS; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TETANUS;

EID: 0031782250     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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