Measuring the cortical silent period can increase diagnostic confidence for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-19

  Schelhaas, H Jurgen ^a   Arts, Ilse ^a   Overeem, Sebastiaan ^a   Houtman, Catharina ^a   Janssen, Henny ^a   Kleine, Bert ^a   Munneke, Marten ^a   Zwarts, Machiel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALS; Cortical silent period; Diagnosis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33847335917     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960600864595     Document Type: Article

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