Nerve injuries following intramuscular injections: A clinical and neurophysiological study from Northwest India

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-171

  Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai ^a,b   Bose, Smirti ^a   Daniel, Vinita ^a   Singh, Yashpal ^a   Abraham, Alexander P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

India; Intramuscular injection; Nerve injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; REINNERVATION; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745132666     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2006.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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