Flexor digitorum superficialis - Revisited

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-316

  Malaviya, G N ^a,b  

^a Institute for Leprosy   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; FINGER; FINGER MALFORMATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIUM; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON TRANSFER; VASCULARIZATION;

FINGERS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 31444444942     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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