Martin-Gruber communicating branch: Anatomical and histological study

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-118

  Shu, H S ^a   Chantelot, C ^b   Oberlin, C ^b,c   Alnot, J Y ^b   Shao, H ^d  

^a TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Institut Catholique de Paris   (France)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadavers; Martin Gruber communicating branch; Median nerve; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033024189     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-999-0115-9     Document Type: Article

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