Technical, physiological and anatomic considerations in nerve conduction studies

The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 217-227

  Caress, James B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; distal latency; Martin Gruber anastomosis; nerve conduction study; stimulation; temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959812931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-271-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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