Neuromuscular consequences of prolonged hunger strike: An electrophysiological study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2064-2070

  Öge, A Emre ^a   Boyaciyan, Ari ^a   Gökmen, Emel ^a   Kinay, Demet ^a   Şahin, Hüseyin ^a   Yazici, Jale ^a   Gürvit, Hakan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical neurophysiology; Electromyography; Neuromuscular involvement; Nutritional deficiency; Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; STARVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033790945     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00458-2     Document Type: Article

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