Transcutaneous cervical root stimulation in the diagnosis of multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1329-1331

  Arunachalam, R ^a   Osei Lah, A ^a   Mills, K R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 0141852254     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.9.1329     Document Type: Article

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