Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis versus cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A study using transcranial magnetic stimulation with recordings from the trapezius and limb muscles

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1031-1038

  Truffert, A ^a   Rosler K M ^b   Magistris, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Differential diagnosis; Motor evoked potentials; Motor neuron disease; Triple stimulation technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0342314444     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00292-3     Document Type: Article

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