Brachial plexopathy: A clinical and electrophysiological study

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Puri, Vinod ^a,b   Chaudhry, N ^a   Jain, K K ^a   Chowdhury, D ^a   Nehru, R ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Brachial neuritis; Brachial plexopathy; Electrophysiology; Electrophysiology of brachial plexus; Idiopathic brachial plexopathy; Traumatic brachial plexopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RADIAL NERVE; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRUNK; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2942516511     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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