Correlations between clinical deficits, motor and sensory evoked potentials and MRI radiological signs in malformative syringomyelia. A study of 27 patients;Correlations entre deficits cliniques, potentiels evoques moteurs et sensitifs, et aspects radiologiques a l'IRM dans la syringomyelie malformative. A propos de 27 cas

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-72

  Emery, E ^a   Hort Legrand, C ^b   Hurth, M ^b   Metral, S ^b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0032005046     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0987-7053(97)89578-0     Document Type: Article

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