Magnetic stimulation using a triple-stimulation technique in patients with multifocal neuropathy without conduction block

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 710-714

  Attarian, Shahram ^a   Azulay, Jean Philippe ^a   Verschueren, Annie ^a   Pouget, Jean ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Conduction block; Intravenous immunoglobulins; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Triple stimulation technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MULTIFOCAL NEUROPATHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIPLE STIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 28644440860     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20434     Document Type: Article

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