Fasciculation potentials: A study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurogenic disorders

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 336-344

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Swash, Michael ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electromyography; Fasciculations; Neurogenic disorders; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031906680     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199803)21:3<336::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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