Comparison of different outlier criteria in quantitative anal sphincter electromyography

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1840-1845

  Podnar, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

External anal sphincter muscle; Motor unit potentials; Needle electromyography; Outliers; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 22844438308     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.04.023     Document Type: Article

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