Concentric needle electrode for neuromuscular jitter analysis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 715-719

  Ertaş, Mustafa ^a,b   Baslo, M Bariş ^a   Yildiz, Nebil ^a   Yazici, Jale ^a   Öge, A Emre ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Barbaros Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular jitter; Single fiber electromyography; Stimulation single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEEDLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034064192     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200005)23:5<715::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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