Superficial arm arteries revisited: Brother and sister with absent radial pulse

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Claassen, Horst ^a   Schmitt, Oliver ^b   Werner, Doreen ^b   Schareck, Wolfgang ^b   Kröger, Jens Christian ^b   Wree, Andreas ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absent radialis pulse; Diameters of arm arteries; Heritability of arterial variations; High origin of radial artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Superficial arm arteries; Superficial ulnar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDIAN NERVE; PAIN; PALMARIS LONGUS MUSCLE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SIBLING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952743970     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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