Changes in motor evoked potentials to short-interval paired transcranial magnetic stimuli in multiple sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 712-719

  Ho, King Hee ^a   Lee, Martin ^a   Nithi, Kannan ^a   Palace, Jacqueline ^a   Mills, Kerry ^a  

^a Clinical Neurophysiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMAP facilitation; I waves; Multiple sclerosis; Paired magnetic stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032928549     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(98)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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