Three-headed reversed palmaris longus muscle and its clinical significance

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Natsis, Konstantinos ^a   Levva, Sofia ^a   Totlis, Trifon ^a   Anastasopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Paraskevas, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomical variations; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Guyon's syndrome; Hand

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; PALMARIS LONGUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33845971272     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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