Concentric and single fiber needle electrodes yield comparable jitter results in myasthenia gravis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-585

  Farrugia, Maria E ^a   Weir, Andrew I ^a   Cleary, Marie ^b   Cooper, Sarah ^a   Metcalfe, Richard ^a   Mallik, Arup ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Concentric needle electrode; Jitter; Myasthenia gravis; Single fiber EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEEDLE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE FIBER NEEDLE ELECTRODE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949103658     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21151     Document Type: Article

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