Nerve conduction and ultrasound: Will the wedding give birth to new morpho-functional measures?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-131

  Padua, L ^a,b   Hobson Webb, L D ^c   Martinoli, C ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIAN NERVE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 75149123353     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.014     Document Type: Editorial

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