Electrodiagnostic findings in syringomyelia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1653-1659

  Nogués, Martín A ^a   Stålberg, Erik ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Electromyography (EMG); Long latency responses (LLR); Spontaneous activity; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0344614635     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199912)22:12<1653::AID-MUS6>3.3.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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