The "enhanced N35" somatosensory evoked potential: Its associations and potential utility in the clinical evaluation of dystonia and myoclonus

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-52

  Ng, Karl ^a,b   Jones, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Multiple sclerosis; Myoclonus; N35; Somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSTONIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 33847109686     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0237-5     Document Type: Article

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