Turns-amplitude analysis and motor unit potential analysis in myasthenia gravis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 315-320

  Odabasi, Zeki ^a,b   Kuruoglu, R ^a   Oh, S J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Motor unit potential analysis; Myasthenia gravis; Quantitative EMG; Turns amplitude analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOPATHY; NERVE STIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034015421     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.90303.x     Document Type: Article

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