Is peripheral neuron degeneration involved in multiple system atrophy? A clinical and electrophysiological study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Gawel, Malgorzata ^a   Jamrozik, Zygmunt ^a   Szmidt Salkowska, Elzbieta ^a   Slawek, Jaroslaw ^b   Rowinska Marcinska, Katarzyna ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Electromyography; Electroneurography; Motor neuron; Multiple system atrophy; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSONIAN MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84862759391     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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