Diagnostic significance of MEP elicited by electrical and magnetoelectric stimulation in acute/subacute supratentorial lesions

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Zentner, J ^a,b   Meyer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Magnetoelectric stimulation; Motor evoked potential; Supratentorial lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031884629     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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