Clinical screening for ulnar nerve damage in leprosy patients [1]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 966-967

  Grimaud, Jérôme ^a   Verchot, Béatrice ^a   Blum, Laurent ^a   Chapuis, François ^b   Millan, Jacques ^a  

^a Institut de Leprologie   (Senegal)

^b Hospices Civil de Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LETTER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THERMAL STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

HAND; HUMANS; LEPROSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOUCH; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0034518355     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150070055     Document Type: Letter

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