Electrodiagnosis of neck pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 549-567

  Han, Jay J ^a   Kraft, George H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROPROCESSOR; MUSCLE CELL; NECK PAIN; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0042731888     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(03)00036-6     Document Type: Review

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