Imaging of peripheral nerve lesions in the lower limb

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-62

  Simmons, Donald Neil ^a   Lisle, David A ^b   Linklater, James M ^b  

^a Dr Jones and Partners   (Australia)

^b Castlereagh Sports Imaging   (Australia)

Author keywords

anterior tarsal tunnel; common peroneal nerve; nerve entrapment; piriformis; tarsal tunnel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PERONEUS NERVE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 79951933558     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e31820ef5b7     Document Type: Article

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