Fatigue and abnormal neuromuscular transmission in Kennedy's disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Meriggioli, Matthew N ^a   Rowin, Julie ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fiber density; Kennedy's disease; Neuromuscular transmission; Single fiber electromyography; X linked bulbospinal neuronopathy

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FASCICULATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SENSORY NERVE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES;

EID: 0037308313     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10295     Document Type: Article

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