Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 238, Issue 1 , Pages 59-63 , 15 November 2005

A test for the evaluation of the lateral cutaneous branch of the iliohypogastric nerve using somatosensory evoked potentials

Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2003 and at the 7th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Helsinki, Finland, September 2003.

Received 8 July 2004 ,Revised 14 April 2005 ,Accepted 27 June 2005.

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PII: S0022-510X(05)00234-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.06.015

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 238, Issue 1 , Pages 59-63 , 15 November 2005

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