Electrodiagnosis of disorders of neuromuscular transmission

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 696-711

  Maselli, Ricardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031901868     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11005.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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