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Assessment of Neuromuscular Function Using Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Published on: September 13, 2015
Electrodiagnosis in neuromuscular disease
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
|January 20, 1999
Abstract:
This article provides a general approach to the electrodiagnostic evaluation of the patient with neuromuscular disease. The electrodiagnostic findings in patients with various forms of peripheral neuropathy, motor neuron disease, neuromuscular junction disorders, and myopathy are presented. The pediatric electrodiagnostic evaluation is also discussed.
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