Current practice of motor evoked potential monitoring: Results of a survey

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 454-460

  Legatt, Alan D ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; MEPs; SEPs; Spinal cord stimulation; Transcranial brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CRANIOTOMY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 0036451757     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200210000-00008     Document Type: Article

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