Classifying musculocutaneous nerve variations

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 671-683

  Guerri Guttenberg, Roberto Andrés ^a   Ingolotti, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Absence of musculocutaneous nerve; Anatomical variations; Classification; Communicating branches; Isolated musculocutaneous nerve injury; Musculocutaneous nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLE; DISSECTION; FETUS; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; SKIN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 68549133518     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20828     Document Type: Article

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