Documenting neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve using the pressure-specified sensory testing device

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-377

  Coert, J Henk ^a   Dellon, A Lee ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Inst for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SKIN NERVE; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOUCH;

EID: 0037382548     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000041483.93122.58     Document Type: Article

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