Motor nerve-conduction studies in obstetric brachial plexopathy for a selection of patients with a poor outcome

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1729-1737

  Heise, Carlos O ^a   Siqueira, Mario G ^b   Martins, Roberto S ^b   Gherpelli, José Luiz D ^b  

^a Fleury   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 67651167128     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00542     Document Type: Article

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