Decrement in surface-recorded motor unit potentials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1670-1674

  Henderson, Robert D ^a,c   Daube, Jasper R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 8644285056     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142534.78461.42     Document Type: Article

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