Peripheral nerve injury associated with shoulder trauma: A retrospective study and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Payne, Michael W C ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^a   Sequeira, Keith A J ^a   Miller, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE LESION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER INJURY;

EID: 0036756525     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131402-200209000-00001     Document Type: Article

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