Thoracic origin of a sympathetic supply to the upper limb: The 'nerve of Kuntz' revisited

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 675-682

  Ramsaroop, L ^a   Partab, P ^a   Singh, B ^a   Satyapal, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intrathoracic ramus; Nerve of Kuntz

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL GANGLION; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0035660173     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19960675.x     Document Type: Article

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