The clinical use of dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials in lumbosacral spinal stenosis

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-115

  Storm, Seneca A ^a   Kraft, George H ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 1142285550     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(03)00107-4     Document Type: Review

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