The value of electromyography: Toward an evidence-based use of electrodiagnostic testing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-172

  So, Yuen T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67749101493     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21375     Document Type: Editorial

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