Repetitive nerve stimulation and exercise testing

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-206

  Shapiro, Barbara E ^a   Preston, David C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULISM; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THOMSEN DISEASE;

EID: 0037674903     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00129-8     Document Type: Review

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