Multiple point stimulation MUNE with single motor unit tracking in a therapeutic ALS trial

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 55, Issue C, 2003, Pages 284-285

  Gooch, Clifton L ^a   Kaufmann, Petra ^a   Harati, Yadollah ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 34247534765     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(02)55032-7     Document Type: Review

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