Combined injuries of the brachial plexus and spinal cord

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-641

  Akita, S ^a   Wada, E ^b   Kawai, H ^b  

^a MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646848455     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B5.17175     Document Type: Article

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