Clinical and electromyographic deep tendon reflexes in polyneuropathy: Diagnostic value and prevalence

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 224-232

  Sharma, K R ^a   Saadia, D ^a   Facca, A G ^a   Resnick, S ^a   Ayyar, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep tendon reflex; Electromyographic reflex; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHRONIC AXONAL NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATELLA; POLYNEUROPATHY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; TENDON REFLEX;

ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREVALENCE; REFLEX; TENDONS;

EID: 61849165488     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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