Macro-EMG and muscle biopsy of paretic foot dorsiflexors in Charcot- Marie-Tooth disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Ericson, Ullabritt ^a   Borg, Jörgen ^a   Borg, Kristian ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN); Isokinetic strength; Macro EMG; Muscle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS;

EID: 0033969254     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200002)23:2<217::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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