Quantitative sensory nerve conduction threshold (sNCT) evaluation of the trigeminal nerve at the mental foramen area

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-107

  Lerner, Todd H ^a   Goldstein, Gary R ^a   Hittelman, Eugene ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034219355     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpr.2000.107336     Document Type: Article

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