Medial pectoral nerve transfer

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 345-346

  Tae, Sung Park ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; EDITORIAL; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW; HUMANS; INFANT; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE TRANSFER; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 67649095307     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.PEDS08370     Document Type: Editorial

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