Course of the Spinal Accessory Nerve Relative to the Brachial Plexus

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-176

  Kessler, Jens ^a   Gray, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CRICOID; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SPINAL NERVE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 33847645829     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.12.003     Document Type: Letter

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