Mononeuropathy of the medial branch of the deep peroneal nerve in a scuba diver

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-137

  Sander, Howard W ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Decompression illness; Decompression sickness; Neuropathy; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIVING; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INERT GAS NARCOSIS; NITROGEN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; TOES;

EID: 0032781025     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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