Absence of the musculocutaneous nerve: A rare anatomical variation with possible clinical-surgical implications

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 288-290

  Fregnani, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro ^a   Macéa, Maria Inez Marcondes ^a   Pereira, Celina Siqueira Barbosa ^a   Barros, Mirna Duarte ^a   Macéa, José Rafael ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Hypoesthesia; Median nerve; Musculocutaneous nerve; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CADAVER; CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE;

EID: 58149474157     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802008000500009     Document Type: Article

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