1999 Marmara eartquake; peripheral nerve injuries - Electrophysiologic evaluation

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Uzun, Nurten ^a,b   Kiziltan, Meral Erdemir ^a   Savrun, Feray Karaali ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eartquake; Electromyography; Peripheral nerve; Peripheral nerve injury; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHANTOM PAIN; PROGNOSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; DISASTER; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 14544298445     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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