Suprascapular nerve entrapment

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 415-424

  Cummins, Craig A ^a   Messer, Terry M ^a   Nuber, Gordon W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0034108251     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200003000-00013     Document Type: Review

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