An unusual muscle of the wrist with potential compression of the ulnar nerve

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-180

  Hill, M L ^a,b   Shoja, M M ^a,b   Salter, E G ^a,b   Tubbs, R S ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anomaly; Surgery; Variant; Wrist

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; WRIST;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; WRIST;

EID: 33745036769     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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