Axillary Arch: Potential Cause of Neurovascular Compression Syndrome

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 514-519

  Merida Velasco J R ^a   Rodriguez Vazquez J F ^a   Velasco, J A Mérida ^b   Sobrado Perez J ^a   Jimenez Collado J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axillary arch; Muscular variation; Nerve supply

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARCH; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TENDONS;

EID: 0242362694     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10143     Document Type: Article

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