Dorsal sural nerve conduction study in vitamin B12 deficiency with megaloblastic anemia

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Turgut, Burhan ^a,b   Turgut, Nilda ^b   Akpinar, Seval ^a   Balci, Kemal ^b   Pamuk, Gülsüm E ^a   Tekgündüz, Emre ^a   Demir, Muzaffer ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

B12 deficiency; Dorsal sural nerve; Peripheral neuropathy; SEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURAL NERVE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33747844549     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2006.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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