The influence of temperature on nerve conduction in patients with chronic axonal polyneuropathy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 933-940

  Franssen, H ^a   Notermans, N C ^a   Wieneke, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; Conduction velocity; Median nerve; Nerve conduction; Temperature; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIBIAL NERVE;

AGED; AXONS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0033049258     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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