Abstract
Nerve conduction studies evaluate neuromuscular disease by providing a neurophysiological assessment of peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions, muscles, dorsal root ganglion cells, and anterior horn cells. The peripheral nerve is studied with regard to its pathophysiology and its localization.
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Rana, A.Q., Ghouse, A.T., Govindarajan, R. (2017). Nerve Conduction Studies. In: Neurophysiology in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39342-1_7
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