Sphincter electromyography in diagnosis of multiple system atrophy: Technical issues

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Podnar, Simon ^a   Fowler, Clare J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External anal sphincter muscle; Motor unit potential; Multiple system atrophy; Needle electromyography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347361622     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10478     Document Type: Article

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