Congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus tendon without associated anomalies of thumb hypoplasia: A case report and review of the literature

Hand

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-187

  Demirseren, Mustafa Erol ^a   Afandiyev, Kamran ^a   Durgun, Mustafa ^a   Kilicarslan, Kasim ^a   Yorubulut, Mehmet ^b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Primer Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flexor pollicis longus tendon aplasia; Hand; Thumb hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848950255     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-007-9045-3     Document Type: Article

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