Child neurology: Brachial plexus birth injury: What every neurologist needs to know

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 695-697

  Pham, Christina B ^a   Kratz, Johannes R ^c   Jelin, Angie C ^a,b   Gelfand, Amy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; WEAKNESS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; INJURY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80055095670     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31822a6874     Document Type: Article

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