Decompression sickness presenting as forearm swelling and peripheral neuropathy: A case report

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 690-692

  Ball, Robert ^a   Auker, Charles R ^a   Ford, Gwendolyn C ^b   Lawrence, David ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0031856779     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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