Yield of the sural/radial ratio versus the medial plantar nerve in sensory neuropathies with a normal sural response

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-114

  Sullivan, John P ^a   Logigian, Eric L ^a   Kocharian, Naira ^b   Herrmann, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial plantar nerve; Peripheral neuropathy; Radial nerve; Sural nerve; Sural to radial amplitude ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RADIAL NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 41849099284     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31816a2060     Document Type: Article

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