Macro-EMG in mitochondriopathy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1466-1470

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, Anders ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concentric needle EMG; Diagnosis; Electromyography; Fibre density; Macro EMG; Mitochondriopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032817646     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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