Neuroelectrophysiological characteristics of Hirayama disease: Report of 14 cases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2440-2443

  Guo, Xiu Ming ^a   Qin, Xin Yue ^a   Huang, Cheng ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hirayama disease; Neuroelectrophysiology; Neurological injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THORACIC PARASPINAL MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864241724     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.14.008     Document Type: Article

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