Serial quantitative electrophysiologica studies in sporadic inclusion body myositis

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Barkhaus, P E ^a,c   Nandedkar, S D ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Viasys Health Care   (United States)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclusion body myositis; Macro EMG; Motor unit action potential; Motor unit remodelling; Multi motor unit analysis; Myopathy; Myositis; Quantitative EMG; Serial EMG studies

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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