Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy a quantitative electromyographic study

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Stübgen, Joerg Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; MacroEMG; Motorunit analysis; SFEMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34249787888     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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