Testing the neuromuscular junction: What neurophysiology can offer the neurologist

Practical Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 303-307

  Whittaker, R G ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 80052841159     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2011-000029     Document Type: Article

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