Intrauterine onset of a mononeuropathy: Peroneal neuropathy in a newborn with electromyographic findings at age one day compatible with prenatal onset

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-91

  Jones Jr , H Royden ^a,b,d   Herbison, Gerald J ^c   Jacobs, Stanley R ^c   Kollros, Peter R ^c   Macones, George A ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Laney Hitchcock Clinic   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electromyography; intrauterine onset; mononeuropathy; nerve damage; newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030050188     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199601)19:1<88::aid-mus12>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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