Electrodiagnostic approach to patients with weakness

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-184

  Dillingham, Timothy R ^a  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BOTULISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0038350916     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00125-0     Document Type: Review

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