Nerve excitability changes in chronic renal failure indicate membrane depolarization due to hyperkalaemia

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1366-1378

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b   Walters, R Jon L ^b   Andersen, Kjeld V ^d   Taube, David ^c   Murray, Nicholas M F ^b   Bostock, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Haemodialysis; Potassium; Uraemic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UREMIC POLYNEUROPATHY;

EID: 0036260368     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf123     Document Type: Article

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