T2 contributions to the brachial plexus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Louis, Robert G ^a   Wartmann, Christopher T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Intercostobrachial nerve; Mastectomy; Nerve communications; Sensory supply to the upper extremity; T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846945018     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249234.20484.2A     Document Type: Article

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