Association of the absence of palmaris longus tendon with an anomalous superficial palmar arch in the human hand

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 405-408

  O'Sullivan, Elizabeth ^a   Mitchell, Barry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand; Prediction; Supply; Variations; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FINGER; HAND PALM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RELIABILITY; TENDON; THUMB; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HAND; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; TENDONS; VEINS;

EID: 0036850476     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8782.2002.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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