Heterotopic ossification of muscle and nerve: An unusual cause of painful mononeuropathy

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-137

  Young, Nathan P ^a,b   O'Driscoll, Shawn W ^a   Crum, Brian A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Heterotopic ossification; Mononeuropathy

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE SURGERY; NEURITIS; OSSIFICATION; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; OSSIFYING NEURITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTRACTURE; FOREARM; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MONONEUROPATHIES; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 65549167977     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e318198c5db     Document Type: Article

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