Chapter 14 Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) with nerve conduction studies

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 53, Issue C, 2000, Pages 112-115

  Daube, J R ^a   Gooch, C ^b   Shefner, J ^c   Olney, R ^d   Felice, K ^e   Bromberg, M ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Syracuse   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0037977017     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70145-X     Document Type: Article

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