Amplitude-dependent slowing of conduction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 937-940

  Feinberg, Daniel M ^a,b   Preston, David C ^a   Shefner, Jeremy M ^a   Logigian, Eric L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Penn Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Axonal; Neuropathy; Slowing

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AXONS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032814473     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199907)22:7<937::AID-MUS19>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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