Sarcolemmal excitability in myotonic dystrophy: Assessment through surface EMG

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-546

  Chisari, Carmelo ^a   D'Alessandro, Claudia ^a   Manca, M Laura ^a   Rossi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystrophic alterations; Myotonic dystrophy; Myotonic phenomenon; Sarcolemmal excitability; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0031896118     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<543::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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