Root stimulation improves the detection of acquired demyelinating polyneuropathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 298-308

  Menkes, Daniel L ^a   Hood, Daniel C ^b   Ballesteros, Roderick A ^b   Williams, David A ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction block; Demyelination; Immunoglobulin; Neuropathy; Root stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0031905778     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199803)21:3<298::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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