Ball thrower's fracture of the humerus associated with radial nerve palsy

Orthopedics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 537-540

  Bontempo, Eric ^a   Trager, Stuart L ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pepper Memorial Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; RADIAL NERVE; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; BASEBALL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARALYSIS; RADIAL NERVE;

EID: 0029954280     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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