Magnetic resonance imaging features of subacute idiopathic brachial neuritis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-100

  Dill Macky, Marcus J ^a,b   Song, Swithin ^a   Silbert, Peter L ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachial neuritis; Denervation; MRI; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIALGIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 0034105103     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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