Anomalous muscle belly to the index finger

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-475

  D'Costa, Sujatha ^a   Jiji, ^a   Nayak, Soubhagya R ^a   Sivanadan, R ^a   Abhishek, ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous muscle belly; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Flexor digitorum superficialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PHALANX; TENDON;

EID: 33746916848     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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