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ArticleArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2025

Paul Hoffmann and the cutaneous silent period test.

Otto Jesus Hernández Fustes, Cláudia Suemi Kamoi Kay, Paulo José Lorenzoni, Renata Dal-Prá Ducci, Paula Raquel do Vale Pascoal Rodrigues, Rosana Herminia Scola

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Article in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Otto Jesus Hernández FustesUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares e Desmielinizantes, Curitiba PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0778-5376
Cláudia Suemi Kamoi KayUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares e Desmielinizantes, Curitiba PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0173-0809
Paulo José LorenzoniUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares e Desmielinizantes, Curitiba PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4457-7771
Renata Dal-Prá DucciUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares e Desmielinizantes, Curitiba PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1673-5074
Paula Raquel do Vale Pascoal RodriguesUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares e Desmielinizantes, Curitiba PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8024-0009
Rosana Herminia ScolaUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares e Desmielinizantes, Curitiba PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3957-5317

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein present aspects of the biography of Professor Paul Hoffmann, covering his main works, mainly the article describing the cutaneous silent period, a new technique when it was published in 1922, with a review of its importance, its role in clinical neurophysiology, and its clinical application.

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NeurophysiologyHistory, 20th CenturyHumans

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PMCPMC12127044

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