Analysis of double discharges in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 845-854

  Piotrkiewicz, Maria ^a   Kudina, Lydia ^b   Mierzejewska, Jolanta ^a   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Delayed depolarization; Double discharges; Interspike interval analysis; Motoneuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 46249097090     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20997     Document Type: Article

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