Diagnostic value of high-resolution sonography in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 767-773

  Beekman, R ^a,d   Schoemaker, M C ^a   Van Der Plas, J P L ^a   Van Den Berg, L H ^b   Franssen, H ^b   Wokke, J H J ^b   Uitdehaag, B M J ^c   Visser, L H ^a  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ONSET AGE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 1542316173     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000113733.62689.0D     Document Type: Article

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