Recovery of touch after median nerve lesion and subsequent repair

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-5

  Meek, M F ^a   Coert, J H ^a   Wong, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037282729     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10087     Document Type: Article

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