New techniques in female pudendal somatosensory evoked potential testing

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Yang, C C ^a,b   Kromm, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dorsal nerve of the clitoris; Genital nerves; Perineal nerve; Pudendal nerve; Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCALP; VAGINA;

ADULT; CLITORIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VAGINA;

EID: 1842784783     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022042000201254     Document Type: Article

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