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Relation between muscle fiber conduction velocity and fiber size in neuromuscular disorders

P J Blijham1, H J ter Laak, H J Schelhaas

  • 1Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology 920, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. p.blijham@neuro.umcn.nl

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|January 21, 2006
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