Failure of palmaris longus muscle duplication and its clinical application

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-153

  Paraskevas, G ^a,b   Tzaveas, A ^a   Natsis, K ^a   Kitsoulis, P ^a   Spyridakis, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Duplication; Failure; Palmaris longus; Variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FOREARM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; PALMARIS LONGUS MUSCLE; RADIOLOGIST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGEON;

AGED; ANIMALS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 46649121238     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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