Ulnar and median nerves in paucibacillary leprosy - A follow-up study of electrophysiological functions in patients before and after nerve trunk decompression

Leprosy Review

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 374-382

  Husain, Sajid ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a   Yadav, V S ^a   Malaviya, G N ^a  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0346157037     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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