Quantitative electrophysiologic studies in sporadic inclusion body myositis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 480-487

  Barkhaus, Paul E ^a,c   Periquet, M Isabel ^a   Nandedkar, Sanjeev D ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclusion body myositis; Macro EMG; Motor unit action potential; Multi motor unit analysis; Myopathy; Myositis; Quantitative EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0032956899     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199904)22:4<480::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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