Meralgia paraesthetica: Differential diagnosis and follow-up

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 522-524

  Wiezer, Marinus J ^a   Franssen, Hessel ^a,b   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^a   Wokke, John H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

follow up; lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; meralgia paraesthetica; radicular lesion; SEPs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SKIN NERVE; THIGH;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARESTHESIA; THIGH;

EID: 0029981260     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199604)19:4<522::AID-MUS13>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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