American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine evidenced-based review: Use of surface electromyography in the diagnosis and study of neuromuscular disorders

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1219-1224

  Meekins, Gregg D ^a   So, Yuen ^b   Quan, Dianna ^c   Vavricek, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Hypokalemic periodic paralysis; Myopathy; Myotonia; Neuronopathy; Neuropathy; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 53549116212     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21055     Document Type: Article

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