Outcome of tendon transfer for radial nerve paralysis: Comparison of three methods

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 558-562

  Moussavi, Alia Ayatollahi ^a   Saied, Alireza ^a   Karbalaeikhani, Ali ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DASH score; radial nerve palsy; tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855184986     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.87133     Document Type: Article

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