Usefulness of muscle denervation as an MRI sign of peripheral nerve pathology

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 516-526

  Lisle, D A ^a,b   Johnstone, S A ^a  

^a Redcliffe District Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle denervation; Peripheral nerves; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 35448956168     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01888.x     Document Type: Review

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