Sonography of the normal ulnar nerve at Guyon's canal and of the common peroneal nerve dorsal to the fibular head

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 375-380

  Peeters, Els Y ^a   Nieboer, Koenraad H ^a   Osteaux, Michel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Common peroneal nerve; Entrapment neuropathy; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSDUCER; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; PERONEAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 4644270589     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20054     Document Type: Article

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