Bayesian statistical mune method

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-213

  Henderson, Robert D ^a,b   Ridall, P Gareth ^c   Hutchinson, Nicole M ^a   Pettitt, Anthony N ^c   McCombe, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Bayesian statistical MUNE; Motor unit number estimation; MUNE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BAYES THEOREM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34547659069     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20805     Document Type: Article

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