Electrodiagnostic assessment of the brachial plexus

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 551-580

  Ferrante, Mark A ^a,b  

^a Guadalupe Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Cord; Division; EMG; Motor nerve conduction studies; Root; Sensory nerve conduction studies; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANATOMY; AXILLARY ARTERY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALINGERING; MAXILLARY NERVE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRUNK;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84857207892     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2011.12.005     Document Type: Review

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