Multiple point stimulation and F-response MUNE techniques

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 55, Issue C, 2003, Pages 29-40

  Doherty, Timothy J ^a   Stashuk, Daniel W ^b   Brown, William F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 7444240477     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(02)55004-2     Document Type: Review

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