Brachial plexus birth palsy an overview of early treatment considerations

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Ruchelsman, David E ^a   Pettrone, Sarah ^a,b   Price, Andrew E ^a,c   Grossman, John A I ^a,c,d  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Commonwealth Orthopaedics in Reston and Leesburg ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS BIRTH PALSY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449136803     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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