Electromyography, nerve action potential, and compound motor action potentials in obstetric brachial plexus lesions: Validation in the absence of a "gold standard"

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Malessy, Martijn J A ^a   Pondaag, Willem ^a   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus neuropathies surgery; Electromyography; Intraoperative monitoring; Obstetric paralysis; Peripheral nerves surgery

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350679065     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338429.66249.7D     Document Type: Review

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