Motor and somatosensory evoked potential findings in HTLV-I associated myelopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-106

  Suga, Rie ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a   Kira, Jun ichi ^a   Kato, Motohiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central motor and sensory conduction times; HTLV I associated myelopathy tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM TSP); Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC;

EID: 0032782542     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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