Proximal median neuropathy secondary to humeral neck fracture

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 426-429

  Veilleux, Martin ^a   Richardson, Peter ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humeral fracture; Median neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0033995619     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200003)23:3<426::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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