Quantitative Electromyographic Examination in Myogenic Disorders of 6 Horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-193

  Wijnberg, I D ^a,d   Franssen, H ^c   Jansen, G H ^b   Back, W ^a   Van Der Kolk, J H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Diplomate Dutch Coll Equine Int M   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equine; Motor unit action potential analysis; Muscle; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC NEEDLE EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TECHNIQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HORSE DISEASE; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038656726     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0185:QEEIMD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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