Ultrasonography in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: Comparison of cross-sectional area and swelling ratio with electrophysiological severity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-299

  Padua, Luca ^a,b   Marjanovic, Ivan ^c   Di Pasquale, Antonella ^b,d   Liotta, Giovanna ^b,e   Tonali, Pietro A ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LETTER; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDEMA; ELBOW; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78751678010     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21882     Document Type: Letter

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