Adult traumatic brachial plexus injury

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 767-774

  Rankine, James J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance (MR); Myelography; Radioculopathy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 4544271209     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.03.014     Document Type: Review

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