Needle electromyography fundamentals, normal and abnormal patterns

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 361-396

  Preston, David C ^a,b   Shapiro, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WAVEFORM; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 0036097850     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(01)00005-6     Document Type: Review

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