Sternalis muscle: Topic for debate

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-140

  Kida, Masahiko Y ^a,b   Izumi, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FASCIA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN NERVE;

HUMANS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM;

EID: 0034056382     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(2000)13:2<138::AID-CA8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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