Sonographic appearances of the normal ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Ozturk, Ersin ^a   Sonmez, Guner ^a   Çolak, Ahmet ^a   Sildiroglu, H Onur ^a   Mutlu, Hakan ^a   Senol, Mehmet Guney ^a   Basekim, C Cinar ^a   Kizilkaya, Esref ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISLOCATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; SUBLUXATION; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE DISPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 47149109656     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20486     Document Type: Article

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