Anomalous superficial radial nerve: A patient with probable autosomal dominant inheritance of the anomaly

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 716-719

  Kuruvilla, Abraham ^a,b   Laaksonen, Satu ^a   Falck, Björn ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomic variations; Anomalous superficial branch of the radial nerve; Autosomal dominant anomaly of radial nerve; Dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve; Radial hand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0036842985     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10239     Document Type: Article

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