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Department of Neurology, University of Umeå Umeå, Sweden
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Department of Statistics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
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Department of Neurology, Box 394, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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University Department and Regional Centre for Neurology, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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University Department and Regional Centre for Neurology, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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Electromyography Laboratory, Box 3403, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710
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Electromyography Laboratory, Box 3403, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710
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Electromyography Laboratory, Box 3403, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710
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Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata 951, Japan
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Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata 951, Japan
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Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyusyu University
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Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital
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Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory for Public Health
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Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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School of Physical Therapy, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX 77030
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Department of Medicine, Shinshu University, School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHenk W. Venema PhD
Laboratory of Medical Physics and Informatics, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreet 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Department of Neurology, University of Umeå Umeå, Sweden
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Department of Statistics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
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Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 Canada
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Department of Neurology, Box 394, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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University Department and Regional Centre for Neurology, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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University Department and Regional Centre for Neurology, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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University Department and Regional Centre for Neurology, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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Electromyography Laboratory, Box 3403, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710
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Electromyography Laboratory, Box 3403, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710
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Electromyography Laboratory, Box 3403, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710
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Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata 951, Japan
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Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata 951, Japan
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Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyusyu University
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Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital
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Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory for Public Health
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Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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School of Physical Therapy, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX 77030
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Department of Medicine, Shinshu University, School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390 Japan
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