Bilateral Rudimentary First Ribs as a Cause of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Nguyen IV, Trung ^b   Baumgartner, Fritz ^a   Nelems, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bilateral rudimentary ribs; Thoracic outlet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RIB; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RIBS; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 0030641152     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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