Waveform analysis of spinal somatosensory evoked potential: Paradoxically enhanced negative peaks immediately caudal to the site of conduction block

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Tani, T ^a   Ushida, T ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a   Kimura, J ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conduction block; Enhancement; Myelopathy; Phase cancellation; Solid angle approximation; Spinal somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0031842224     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(98)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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