Increased MR signal intensity in the pronator quadratus muscle: Does it always indicate anterior interosseous neuropathy?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 490-493

  Gyftopoulos, Soterios ^a   Rosenberg, Zehava Sadka ^a   Petchprapa, Catherine ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome; Muscle denervation; Pronator quadratus; Wrist MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATOR QUADRATUS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 76149137391     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2361     Document Type: Article

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