The purview of multifascicle ulnar nerves in cubital tunnel syndrome: Single-case sonographic observation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 664-665

  Kara, Murat ^a   Kaymak, Bayram ^b   Malas, Fevziye Ünsal ^b   Tiftik, Tülay ^a   Yazar, Fatih ^a   Erkin, Gülten ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^b  

^a ANKARA PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINT; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 70349333607     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21419     Document Type: Letter

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