Nerve compressions in upper limb: A case report

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 35-36

  Vollala, Venkata Ramana ^a   Raghunathan, Deepthinath ^a   Rodrigues, Vincent ^a  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Entrapment; Median artery; Median nerve; Muscle; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISSECTION; FASCIA; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHENAR MUSCLE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; RADICULOPATHY; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 32044474190     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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