Radial nerve palsy associated with humeral shaft fracture: Evaluation with US - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 811-816

  Bodner, Gerd ^a   Buchberger, Wolfgang ^a   Schocke, Michael ^a   Bale, Reto ^a   Huber, Burkart ^a   Harpf, Christoph ^a   Gassner, Eva ^a   Jaschke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Humerus, fractures, 416.411, 416.413; Nerves, peripheral, 416.43; Nervous system, US, 416.12989; Ultrasound (US), utilization, 416.12989

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034999553     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.219.3.r01jn09811     Document Type: Article

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