Congenital lower brachial plexus palsy due to cervical ribs

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-190

  Desurkar, Archana ^a   Mills, Kerry ^b   Pitt, Matthew ^c   Jan, Wajanat ^a   Sinsi, Marco ^d   Male, Ian ^e   Wraige, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Nightingale Primary Care Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL RIB; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE PARALYSIS; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL RIB; CERVICAL RIB SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 78751549436     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03841.x     Document Type: Article

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