An anomalous accessory flexor digiti minimi profundus muscle: A case study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Wahba, M Y ^a   Singh, G D ^b   Lozanoff, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory muscle; Flexor digitorum profundus; Forearm flexor; Hand; Muscle anomaly; Ulnar nerve compression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FOREARM; HAND; HAND DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031964583     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:1<55::AID-CA9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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