Sensitivity of conventional motor nerve conduction examination in detecting patchy demyelination: A simulated model

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1577-1585

  Caliandro, Pietro ^a,b   Stålberg, Erik ^c   La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Padua, Luca ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Demyelination; Myelinopathy; Neurography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 34249692558     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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