Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 114, Issue 10 , Pages 1891-1895 , October 2003

Motor evoked potentials from the striated urethral sphincter and puborectal muscle: reproducibility of latencies

  • Soren Brostrom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Glostrup County Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2600 Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45-35435563; fax: +45-43233974
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  • Poul Jennum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Glostrup County Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2600 Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Gunnar Lose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Glostrup County Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2600 Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark

,Accepted 27 May 2003.

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PII: S1388-2457(03)00199-8

doi: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00199-8

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 114, Issue 10 , Pages 1891-1895 , October 2003

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