The brachial plexus: Normal anatomy, pathology, and MR imaging

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-85

  Bowen, Brian C ^a,b,c   Pattany, Pradip M ^a,c   Saraf Lavi, Efrat ^b   Maravilla, Kenneth R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM;

ANATOMY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCOAST TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2642582367     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2003.12.002     Document Type: Review

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