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Single motor unit variability with threshold stimulation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and normal subjects

✍ Scribed by Devanand Jillapalli; Jeremy M. Shefner

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 106 KB
Volume: 30
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-639X
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20147

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