The Clinical Applications of Peripheral Nerve Imaging in the Upper Extremity

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1600-1604

  Khachi, Gerald ^a   Skirgaudes, Mark ^a   Lee, W P Andrew ^a   Wollstein, Ronit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; MRI; peripheral nerve; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULNAR NERVE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 36849089639     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.09.017     Document Type: Review

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