Clinical assessment of absence of the palmaris longus and its association with other anatomical anomalies - A Chinese population study

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Sebastin, Sandeep J ^a   Lim, Aymeric Y T ^a   Wong, Hwee Bee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Palmaris longus; Tendon anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 33745463497     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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