The roles of blink reflex and sympathetic skin response in multiple sclerosis diagnosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 500-504

  Nazliel, B ^a   Irkec C ^a   Kocer B ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blink reflex (BR); Electrophysiologic evaluation; Health expenses; Multiple sclerosis; Sympathetic skin response (SSR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLINKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INNERVATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKIN;

ADULT; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0036893333     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458502ms813oa     Document Type: Article

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