Extensive somatosensory innervation in infants with obstetric brachial palsy

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  Colon, A J ^a,c   Vredeveld, J W ^a   Blaauw, G ^b   Slooff, A C J ^b   Richards, R ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dep KNF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infant; Segmental innervation; SSEP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FINGER; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS; THUMB;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARALYSIS; SPINAL NERVES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037215555     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10066     Document Type: Article

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