Current perception threshold: An adjunctive test for detection of acquired demyelinating polyneuropathies

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 205-210

  Menkes, D L ^a,b   Swenson, M R ^a   Sander, H W ^c,d,e  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DEVICE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELINATED NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POLYNEUROPATHY; SKIN STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AXONS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0033943002     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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