Motor pathway analysis in HAM/TSP using magnetic stimulation and F- waves

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-54

  Young, Ronald E ^a   Morgan, Owen St C ^a   Forster, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Dundee Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAMAICA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0031895444     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100033485     Document Type: Article

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