Oberlin partial ulnar nerve transfer for restoration in obstetric brachial plexus palsy of a newborn: Case report

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Shigematsu, Koji ^a   Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Kobata, Yasunori ^a   Kawamura, Kenji ^a   Maegawa, Naoki ^a   Takakura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34248401636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-1-3     Document Type: Article

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