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17.08.2020 | Review Article

A waves in electroneurography: differential diagnosis with other late responses

verfasst von: Liborio Rampello, Luigi Rampello, Antonio Arcidiacono, Francesco Patti

Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences | Ausgabe 12/2020

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Abstract

Neurographic studies are an extension of clinical examination and are performed for the functional assessment of peripheral nerves. The study of motor and sensory conduction velocity and the presence, amplitude, morphology and symmetry of the response to electrical stimulation are crucial for the diagnosis and management of peripheral neuromuscular disorders. Neurography also plays an important role in the search for so-called late responses comprising the F wave, H reflex, axonal response and A wave. By analysing the parameters of each late wave, this paper addresses the pathophysiological features and the most common conditions impairing the physiology of late responses, with a special focus on A waves.

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Titel: A waves in electroneurography: differential diagnosis with other late responses
verfasst von: Liborio Rampello
Luigi Rampello
Antonio Arcidiacono
Francesco Patti
Publikationsdatum: 17.08.2020
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences / Ausgabe 12/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04649-2

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