The diagnostic value of dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials in lumbosacral disc herniations: A critical approach

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Yazicioglu K ^a   Ozgul A ^a   Kalyon, T A ^a   Gunduz S ^a   Arpacioglu O ^a   Bilgic F ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SACRUM;

EID: 0032942387     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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