Conduction deficits of callosal fibres in early multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 633-638

  Schmierer, Klaus ^a   Niehaus, Ludwig ^a   Röricht, Simone ^a   Meyer, Bernd Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Multiple sclerosis; Transcallosal inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034014767     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.633     Document Type: Article

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