Ulnar neuropathy at Guyon's canal: Electrophysiological and surgical findings

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Papathanasiou, E S ^a   Loizides, A ^c   Panayiotou, P ^b   Papacostas, S S ^a   Kleopa, K A ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^b Military Hospital   (Cyprus)

^c NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ganglion; Hand weakness; Nerve compression; Nerve conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GANGLION CYST; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE SURGERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLION CYSTS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 17144421169     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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