Triple stimulation technique (TST) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 356-360

  Komissarow, Leonid ^b   Rollnik, Jens D ^a   Bogdanova, Dessislava ^c   Krampfl, Klaus ^a   Khabirov, F A ^b   Kossev, Andon ^d   Dengler, Reinhard ^a   Bufler, Johannes ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b KAZAN STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Triple stimulation technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 1642505465     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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