Correlations of nerve conduction measures in axonal and demyelinating polyneuropathies

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2383-2392

  Tankisi, Hatice ^a   Pugdahl, Kirsten ^a   Johnsen, Birger ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axonal loss; Demyelination; Electromyography; Nerve conduction studies; Polyneuropathy classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AXONS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35148894570     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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