The unifying articular (synovial) origin of intraneural ganglia: Evolution-revelation-revolution

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Spinner, Robert J ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular (synovial) theory; Articular nerve branch; Intraneural ganglion cyst

Indexed keywords

GANGLION; NERVE CELL; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THEORY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 70350630640     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000346259.84604.D4     Document Type: Review

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