Intra- and internerve cross-sectional area variability: New ultrasound measures

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 730-733

  Padua, Luca ^a,b   Martinoli, Carlo ^c   Pazzaglia, Costanza ^b   Lucchetta, Marta ^d   Granata, Giuseppe ^a   Erra, Carmen ^a   Briani, Chiara ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Immune related neuropathies; Ultrasound measures; Variability, diagnosis, outcome measures, nerve volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE; NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; POLYNEUROPATHIES; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84859777027     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23252     Document Type: Article

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