Peripheral Nerve Abnormalities

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-667

  Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Tagliafico, Alberto ^a   Bianchi, Stefano ^b   Bodner, Gerd ^c   Padua, Luca ^d,e   Schenone, Angelo ^a   Graif, Moshe ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Clinique et Fondation des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

^c St Bernard's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HAMARTOMA; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 64849110284     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2007.11.004     Document Type: Review

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