Correlation between quantitative EMG and muscle MRI in patients with axonal neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1265-1269

  Jonas, Dominik ^a   Conrad, Bastian ^a   Gräfin Von Einsiedel, Helga ^a   Bischoff, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle MRI; PSA; Quantitative EMG; T1 signal intensity; T2 signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033861531     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200008)23:8<1265::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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