Comparison of thermal threshold tests to assess small nerve fiber function: Limits vs. levels

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 556-563

  Reulen, J P H ^a   Lansbergen, M D I ^a   Verstraete, E ^a   Spaans, F ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Levels; Limits; Thermal sensory testing; Thermal threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037687976     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00405-4     Document Type: Article

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