Obstetric brachial plexus lesions: CT myelography

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 508-515

  Steens, Stefan C A ^a   Pondaag, Willem ^b   Malessy, Martijn J A ^b   Verbist, Berit M ^c  

^a Departments of Radiology   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTMESIS; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SPINAL ROOT; SPINAL ROOT AVULSION;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955047645     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10101417     Document Type: Article

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