Chapter 25 Imaging nerve and muscle with ultrasound

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 57, Issue C, 2004, Pages 243-254

  Walker, Francis O ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 25144484816     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70361-7     Document Type: Article

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