The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the clinical evaluation of suspected myelopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 878-881

  Chan, Y C ^a,b   Mills, K R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potential; Myelopathy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL RADICULOMYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 28544435484     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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