Symmetry of phrenic nerve motor response in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 822-824

  Pinto, Susana ^a   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abductor digiti minimi; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Deltoid; Diaphragm; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTOID MUSCLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 78149333860     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21816     Document Type: Article

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