Quantitative electroencephalography in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-386

  Mai, R ^a   Facchetti, D ^a   Micheli, A ^a   Poloni, M ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor cortex; Quantitative electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032055902     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00159-4     Document Type: Article

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