Trigemino-cervical response in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-74

  Xu, Y ^a   Fan, Dongsheng ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Zheng, J ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Kang, D ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Infraorbital nerve; Lower brainstem; Sternocleidomestoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIGEMINOCERVICAL RESPONSE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 17144414095     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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