Anterior interosseous nerve paralysis due to Gantzer's muscle

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-484

  Degreef, Ilse ^a,b   De Smet, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Orthopaedic Department   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS; GANTZER MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE PARALYSIS; THUMB;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444221966     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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