An ultrasound study of anatomic variants of the sural nerve

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-562

  Zhu, Jiaan ^a   Li, Diancheng ^a   Shao, Junjie ^a   Hu, Bing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lateral sural cutaneous nerve; Medial sural cutaneous nerve; Sural nerve; Type; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVE ROOT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953059036     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21918     Document Type: Article

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