Diagnostic yield of muscle fibre conduction velocity in myopathies

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 40-44

  Blijham, Paul J ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^b   Drost, Gea ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a   Schelhaas, H Jurgen ^b   Zwarts, MacHiel J ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Electromyography; Muscle biopsy; Muscle fibre conduction velocity; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSTROPHIC MYOPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CHANNELOPATHY; MUSCLE FIBER CONDUCTION VELOCITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON DYSTROPHIC MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURNS AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052359346     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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