Clinical relevance of palmaris longus agenesis: Common anatomical aberration

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Kapoor, Sudhir K ^a   Tiwari, Akshay ^a,b   Kumar, Abhishek ^a   Bhatia, Rajesh ^a   Tantuway, Vinay ^a   Kapoor, Saurabh ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Indian population; Palmaris longus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE AGENESIS; PALMARIS LONGUS MUSCLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TENDONS; WRIST;

EID: 39049163294     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2007.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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