Assessment of axonal loss in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 753-757

  Lawson, Victoria H ^a   Gordon Smith, A ^a   Bromberg, Mark B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Axonal loss; CMT; Inherited neuropathy; Motor unit number estimation; MUNE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRIP STRENGTH; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIKE WAVE; THENAR;

EID: 0242314109     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00293-0     Document Type: Article

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