Dermatomal somatosensory-evoked potentials in the evaluation of lumbosacral spinal stenosis

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Kraft, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0037327511     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00080-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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