Comparative efficacy of repetitive nerve stimulation, exercise, and cold in differentiating myotonic disorders

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 643-650

  Michel, Patrik ^a   Sternberg, Damien ^b   Jeannet, Pierre Yves ^a   Dunand, Murielle ^a   Thonney, Francine ^a   Kress, Wolfram ^c   Fontaine, Bertrand ^b   Fournier, Emmanuel ^d   Kuntzer, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cold; Muscle channelopathies; Mutations; Myotonia; Repetitive nerve stimulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLORIDE CHANNELOPATHY; CLCN1 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; THOMSEN DISEASE; WARMING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; COLD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35448991345     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20856     Document Type: Article

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