Upper Limb Neuropathies: Long Thoracic (Nerve to the Serratus Anterior), Suprascapular, Axillary, Musculocutaneous, Radial, Ulnar, and Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous

Peripheral Neuropathy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1463-1486

  Wilbourn, Asa J ^a   Ferrante, Mark A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9491-7.50063-6     Document Type: Chapter

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