Monomelic amyotrophy following trauma and immobilization in children

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-430

  Paradiso, Guillermo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

juvenile amyotrophy; monomelic amyotrophy; motor neuron disease; trauma immobilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELBOW INJURY; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAIN; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030992102     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<425::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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