Motor neurone disease is a clinical diagnosis

Practical Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 396-397

  Turner, Martin R ^a   Talbot, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 84869210979     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000374     Document Type: Letter

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