Prevalence and distribution of peripheral nerve injuries in victims of Bam earthquake

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-62

  Ahrari, Mohammad Naeem ^a,b   Zangiabadi, N ^a   Asadi, A ^a   Sarafi Nejad, A ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Physical Medicine and Rehabililation   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bam; Earthquake; EMG; Iran; NCS; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISABILITY; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PLEXUS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RADIAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33644973727     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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