Abnormalities of somatosensory evoked potentials in konzo - An upper motor neuron disorder

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-15

  Tshala Katumbay, D ^a,b   Edebol Eeg Olofsson, K ^b   Kazadi Kayembe, T ^a   Fällmar, Peo ^b   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^c   Kayembe Kalula, T ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Congo)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Konzo; Motor neuron disease; Somatosensory pathways

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KONZO DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0036155750     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(01)00705-2     Document Type: Article

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