Compressive neuropathies complicating normal childbirth: Case report and literature review

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-175

  Sahai Srivastava, Soma ^a,c   Amezcua, Lilyana ^b  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve compression syndromes; Obstetric delivery complications; Peroneal nerve injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249789892     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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