Avoiding false-negative nerve conduction study in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 583-586

  Won, Sun Jae ^a   Yoon, Joon Shik ^a   Kim, Jun Yeon ^a   Kim, Sei Joo ^a   Jeong, Jin Seok ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distance measure error; False negative nerve conduction study; Ulnar nerve displacement; Ulnar neuropathy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE; VELOCITY;

ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052910151     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22131     Document Type: Article

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