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. 1986 Dec;49(12):1407–1410. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.49.12.1407

Somatosensory evoked potentials in syringomyelia.

N E Anderson, R W Frith, V M Synek
PMCID: PMC1029126  PMID: 3806117

Abstract

The two types of upper limb somatosensory evoked potential abnormality observed in nine patients with syringomyelia were reduced amplitude or absent cervical potentials and an abnormal central conduction time. Although this pattern of abnormalities resembles that observed in other intrinsic spinal cord lesions, it differs from peripheral nerve diseases and cervical radiculopathy in which the central conduction time is normal.

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