Anatomy and quantitation of the subscapular nerves

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 656-659

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b,f   Loukas, Marios ^c,d   Shahid, Kameron ^c   Judge, Tanya ^c   Pinyard, Jeremy ^c   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^e   Slappey, John B ^a   McEvoy, William C ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brachial plexus; Peripheral nerve; Posterior cord; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBSCAPULAR NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34547468303     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20478     Document Type: Article

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