High-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of meralgia paresthetica

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-435

  Aravindakannan, Therimadasamy ^a   Wilder Smith, Einar P ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emg; Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Meralgia paresthetica; Nerve conduction; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857084347     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22328     Document Type: Article

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