Weir Mitchell's 1859 demonstration of "a peculiar contraction" produced by a percussion hammer

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 969-973

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCUSSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 41149100601     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000305968.03898.fe     Document Type: Article

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