Femoral nerve entrapment: A new insight

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Vázquez, M Teresa ^a   Murillo, J ^a   Maranillo, E ^a   Parkin, I G ^b   Sanudo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve; Iliacus muscle; Lumbar plexus; Muscular variations; Nerve variations; Psoas major muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PSOAS MUSCLES;

EID: 33847004763     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20327     Document Type: Article

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