Ultrasound evaluation of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: Correlation with electrophysiological studies

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1098-1101

  Volpe, Alessandro ^a   Rossato, Gianluca ^b   Bottanelli, Mara ^c   Marchetta, Antonio ^a   Caramaschi, Paola ^d   Bambara, Lisa Maria ^d   Bianconi, Claudio ^b   Arcaro, Guido ^a   Grassi, Walter ^e  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile di Arzignano   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow; Ultrasound; Ultrasound of peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELBOW; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 70349787351     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep167     Document Type: Article

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