Tractography of the median nerve

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Kabakci, Neslihan Tasdelen ^a   Kovanlikaya, Arzu ^b   Kovanlikaya, Ilhami ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE;

EID: 63749090128     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202241     Document Type: Article

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