Birth injuries of the brachial plexus

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 421-440

  Piatt Jr , Joseph H ^a,b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSTOCIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INNERVATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MIOSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; PTOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL NERVE; SPLINT;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 1842453193     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(03)00212-8     Document Type: Review

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