The aetiology and outcome of 170 ulnar nerve lesions confirmed with electrophysiological testing

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 405-411

  Harding, Ian J ^b   Morris, Ian M ^a  

^a KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0242473819     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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