Diagnostic sensitivity of predicted F-wave latency by age, height, and MCV

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-113

  Toyokura, Minoru ^a   Ishida, A ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY OISO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic polyneuropathy; F wave; Multiple regression equation; Radiculopathy; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RADICULOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033915323     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.102002106.x     Document Type: Article

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