Nerve conduction studies of the sural nerve: Normative data from a single-center experience

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1891-1892

  Luigetti, Marco ^a   Quaranta, Davide ^a   Modoni, Anna ^a   Mereu, Maria Lucia ^a   Lo Monaco, Mauro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SURAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864408256     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.02.075     Document Type: Letter

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