Special considerations in pediatric electromyography

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 897-906

  Stempien, L M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; VENOM;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELINATION; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERDNIG HOFFMANN DISEASE;

EID: 0031790727     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30239-0     Document Type: Article

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