Correlation between histopathological findings in C-5 and C-6 nerve stumps and motor recovery following nerve grafting for repair of brachial plexus injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 636-644

  Malessy, Martun J A ^a   Van Duinen, Sjoerd G ^a   Feirabend, Hans K P ^a   Thomeer, Ralph T W M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Histopathological analysis; Morphometry; Motor function; Nerve graft; Spinal nerve

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0033494826     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.4.0636     Document Type: Article

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