Musculocutaneous neuropathy: Case report and discussion

HSS Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Besleaga, Diana ^b   Castellano, Vincenzo ^a,c   Lutz, Christopher ^a,c   Feinberg, Joseph H ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnostic testing; LACN; Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve; Musculocutaneous neuropathy; Parsonage Turner Syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649095272     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-009-9143-6     Document Type: Article

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