Decremental responses to repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) in motor neuron disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2530-2536

  Iwanami, Tomoko ^a   Sonoo, Masahiro ^a   Hatanaka, Yuki ^a   Hokkoku, Keiichi ^a   Oishi, Chizuko ^b   Shimizu, Teruo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Decremental response; Motor neuron disease; Myasthenia gravis; Repetitive nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE NERVE STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 80855148210     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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