Concordance and discrepancy between electrodiagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging in cervical root avulsion injuries

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1274-1281

  Tsai, Po Yi ^a   Chuang, Tien Yow ^b   Cheng, Henrich ^b   Wu, Hsiu Mei ^b   Chang, Yue Cune ^c   Wang, Chih Pin ^d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Tai An Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Diagnosis; Electromyography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Root avulsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VENTRAL ROOT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL SPINE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 33750128759     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1274     Document Type: Article

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