Nerve conduction studies: essentials and pitfalls in practice
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Nerve conduction studies: essentials and pitfalls in practice.
Correspondence to: Dr Arup Mallik, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; [email protected]. uk _________________________ A neurologist has sent a patient for nerve conduction studies (NCS) and has received the report, but what does it mean? We hope to remove some of the mysteries that may surround NCS. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.069138