Musculocutaneous nerve palsy following traumatic spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 588-590

  Abbott, Kathleen M ^a   Nesathurai, Shanker ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus lesions; Musculocutaneous nerve; Nerve entrapments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031876474     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100653     Document Type: Article

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