The usefulness of the somatosensory evoked potentials of the pudendal nerve in diagnosis of probable multiple sclerosis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 258-263

  Sau, G ^b   Siracusano, S ^a   Aiello, I ^b   D'Aloia, G ^b   Liguori, G ^b   Stener, S ^b   Lissiani, A ^b   Belgrano, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder dysfunction; Multiple sclerosis; Pudendal nerve; Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SCALP; TIBIAL NERVE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032937737     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100822     Document Type: Article

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