Pitfalls in the electrodiagnostic studies of sacral plexopathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 725-729

  Tavee, Jinny ^a   Mays, Maryann ^b   Wilbourn, Asa J ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Lumbosacral radiculopathy; Sacral plexopathy; Sciatic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249690099     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20769     Document Type: Review

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