Motor unit number estimates in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-164

  Caviness, J N ^a   Smith, B E ^a   Clarke Stevens, J ^a   Adler, C H ^a   Caselli, R J ^a   Hentz, J G ^a   Manfred, M S ^a   Muenter, D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor unit morphology; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036131783     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(01)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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