The accessory heads of flexor pollicis longus and flexor digitorum profundus: Incidence and morphology

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-258

  Pai, Mangala M ^a   Nayak, Soubhagya R ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ashwin ^a   Vadgaonkar, Rajanigandha ^a   Prabhu, Latha V ^a   Ranade, Anu V ^a   Janardhan, Jiji P ^a   Rai, Rajalakshmi ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Flexor digitorum superficialis; Gantzer's muscle; Kiloh Nevin syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE SYNDROME; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS; FOREARM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 42049093481     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20612     Document Type: Article

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