Abnormalities of axonal excitability are not generalized in early multifocal motor neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 769-776

  Cappelen Smith, Cecilia ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a   Lin, Cindy S Y ^a,b   Burke, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal excitability; Demyelination; Motor conduction; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Subclinical biophysical abnormalities

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036894886     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10262     Document Type: Article

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