Microanatomical and immunohistochemical study of the human radial nerve at the antecubital fossa

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-398

  Chakravarthy Marx, S ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a   Dhalapathy, S ^b   Prasad, Keerthana ^c   Anitha Marx, C ^d  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Connective tissue sheaths; Fascicular pattern; Morphometry; Radial nerve; Sympathetic fiber

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RADIAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AUTOMATION; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650716337     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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