What's New in MRI of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment?

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-595

  Hof, Jurrit J ^a   Kliot, Michel ^b   Slimp, Jefferson ^c   Haynor, David R ^b,c  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Carpal tunnel; Interosseous nerve; MRI; Peripheral nerve; Peroneal nerve; Piriformis syndrome; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

BLOOD POOL AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOFLUORINE M; GADOFOSVESET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE SYNDROME; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; ISCHIALGIA; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SHOULDER PAIN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 55749106022     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.07.005     Document Type: Review

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