The diagnostic value of motor evoked potentials

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1297-1307

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a   Oliviero, A ^a   Profice, P ^a   Ferrara, L ^a   Saturno, E ^a   Pilato, F ^a   Tonali, P ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Magnetic brain stimulation; Motor evoked potential; Myelopathy; Neurological disease; Pyramidal sign

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033014184     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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