Update in electromyography

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 676-681

  Pitt, Matthew ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electromyography; nerve conduction; paediatrics

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BULBAR PARALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; DORSAL ROOT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LARYNX MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYASTHENIA; MYELOGRAPHY; MYOTONIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84888136157     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000023     Document Type: Review

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