Brachial plexus and nerves about the shoulder

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-546

  Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Gandolfo, Nicola ^b   Perez, Maribel Miguel ^c   Klauser, Andrea ^d   Palmieri, Federigo ^a   Padua, Luca ^e,f   Tagliafico, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b IM2S Institut Monégasque de Médecine and Chirurgie Sportive   (Monaco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

brachial plexopathies; Brachial plexus; magnetic resonance imaging; MR myelography; Parsonage Turner syndrome; thoracic outlet syndrome; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SHOULDER; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 78549235072     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268072     Document Type: Article

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