Reliability and responsiveness of a graduated tuning fork in immune mediated polyneuropathies

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 669-671

  Merkies, I S J ^a   Schmitz, P I M ^a   Van Der Meche F G A ^a   Van Doorn, P A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graduated tuning fork; Immune mediated polyneuropathy; Reliability; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034061570     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.669     Document Type: Article

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