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Peripheral function of the facial nerve: testing with stabilized current intensity independent of tissue resistance

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Impulses of equal current intensity, despite frequently changing tissue resistance, are necessary to test function of peripheral motor nerves. This has led to the development of an electronically controlled instrument that has proved useful.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marienhospital, Stuttgart

    H. Reichert

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Reichert, H. Peripheral function of the facial nerve: testing with stabilized current intensity independent of tissue resistance. Chir Plastica 2, 151–156 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276611

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