Double-crush syndrome: A critical analysis

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Wilbourn, Asa J ^a   Gilliatt, Roger W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0030802846     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.1.21     Document Type: Review

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