Bilateral neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-150

  Tilki, Hacer Erdem ^a   Stålberg, Erik ^b   Incesu, Lütfi ^a   Başoǧlu, Ahmet ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilateral hand weakness; Cervical rib; Monotonous arm work; Nerve conduction studies; Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX ELECTRIC FIELD; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL RIB SYNDROME; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RIBS; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 0346731200     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10502     Document Type: Article

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