A prospective multicentre study on sural nerve action potentials in ALS

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1106-1110

  Pugdahl, Kirsten ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, Anders ^a   Johnsen, Birger ^a   de Carvalho, Mamede ^b   Fawcett, Peter R W ^c   Labarre Vila, Annick ^d   Liguori, Rocco ^e   Nix, Wilfred A ^f   Schofield, Ian S ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALS; Multicentre study; Neurophysiological examination; Sensory nerve action potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 41449113882     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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