Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: MR neurography - Nerve T2 signal increase and caliber

Radiology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Bäumer, Philipp ^a   Dombert, Thomas ^b   Staub, Frank ^b   Kaestel, Thorsten ^a   Bartsch, Andreas J ^a   Heiland, Sabine ^a   Bendszus, Martin ^a   Pham, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Center for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959562290     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11102357     Document Type: Article

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